Well here we are. On Friday night i was feeling very smug; the previous weekend I'd had my high dose cyclophosphamide and had felt a bit hairy for a day but not too bad; I'd also managed to administer the g csf injections all week without a hitch. Then Saturday came.
I woke with bone pain from hell, I'd been warned to expect it, but the pulsating intensity of it was something else. I just about managed to get through the day with a hot water bottle, regular codeine and many Hail Marys.
Woke up on sunday, pain had gone, but feeling suspiciously hot and nauseous. Temperature north of 37.7.
The out of hours doctor told me to head for my local A&E, so I scrambled together all my documentation and headed off. A slightly comical few hours then commenced where they obviously didn't know what to do with me so stuck me in an isolation room. The medical team came round and I convinced them to phone UCLH who on the spot got me transferred. Got checked into the Haemo clinic at UCLH and pumped full of antibiotics. The following monday was feeling slightly better and my temperature had dropped to 36.5. With no other symptoms present and good blood results they proceeded to harvest my stem cells and thankfully managed 8.7 million of the things. I was sent back to my isolation ward for another evening of observations and antibiotics.
I've just got back from hospital after rather gingerly riding the metropolitan line home in the rush hour. The docs think I had a very strong adverse response to the g csf but at least the managed to harvest. I might even be booked in for the return next week. Everything's happening really quickly.
Tired but good to be home…..
tom (junior)
Kazzam2 11 years, 4 months ago.
