by Jenny Angus | Feb 22, 2022 | Blog Posts, HSCT Journals
This was my first night with no night sweats. What an unbelievable relief and I’m happy for the improvement. It was a much more peaceful sleep, only rising every two hours for bathroom/meds/crash/etc. 8am meds: Dexamethasone .5mg Pantoprazole 40mg Ciproflaxin 500mg...
by Jenny Angus | Feb 21, 2022 | Blog Posts, HSCT Journals
My days are blurring one into the next. I had to look at the calendar to know I’ve been here three weeks now. I realize I am two behind in posting my blogs from my actual real time, making hard to follow. I hope to catch up this week…. As for last night, it was...
by Jenny Angus | Feb 20, 2022 | Blog Posts, HSCT Journals
I had a much better sleep than the day before (no rocket launchers, haha!). I felt blessed with no nausea once again. I still have a few days to get through while the Cyclosphomide is working it’s ‘magic’ in my body. You have to know my fingers/toes are triple crossed...
by Jenny Angus | Feb 19, 2022 | Blog Posts, HSCT Journals
What an awful night. The bladder urgency was like a rocket ship launching me out of bed. I had seconds to make it to the commode beside me. Then I’d crash back to bed, but not before switching out my drenched PJ’s from the intense night sweats. I’m developing a...
by Jenny Angus | Feb 18, 2022 | Blog Posts, HSCT Journals
I felt I needed to preface this post as I am getting comments that some of my information may be too TMI for people. Let me be clear: this blog is for pwMS (people with MS) who are considering HSCT. I think what ‘mainstreamers’ don’t realize is that...
by Jenny Angus | Feb 17, 2022 | Blog Posts, HSCT Journals
Meds one hour before chemo: Oral Aprepitant 120mg (anti-emetic used for acute and delayed nausea and vomiting) When we arrived at chemo centre I learned my BP was 89/45. This is a much lower BP than my usual. I guess that explained the severe morning fatigue,...
