Don't Laugh. It's Not Funny. It's My Life.

Update not included in previous blog entry ... On October 23, 2018, six days after my second chemo treatment, I was able to walk better (no foot drag in either foot) and further than I had in two years (over a mile unassisted by Steven, my assistive device)!!! "2016 Dena" is back!  I did not want to say anything publicly until I had completed the treatment.  I hope there is more to come, but this is enough for me to consider this treatment extraordinary! Day -3 This day was the stem cell harvest.  My lower back has started to hurt from the filgrastim (promote stem cell production) shots, which I later found out was a good thing regarding my body's production of stem cells (lower back pain is a good sign or stem cell production). I have at least one "good"  and the rest "regular" veins, which allowed me to make a choice between having a picc line inserted (see pic below of a picc line) into my neck for stem cell harvesting or to do it through my v...