Long Way From Home
Field Notes From A Stem Cell Transplant
Category: Post-Transplant (Day +100 – Day +365)
“Post-Transplant (Day +100 – Day +365)” is a collection of posts that occur after the 100 day mark, a significant milestone in the stem cell transplant process, and up to the one year anniversary of my transplant.
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Welcome back. This past Saturday, February 14th, I celebrated six months post-transplant. I wouldn’t say that time has “flown” by, but I am quite surprised to have already reached this milestone. The surprise comes less from the passage of time and more from how I’m actually feeling, and the progress I’ve been able to make…
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Welcome back. It’s hard to believe this is already the tenth “field note” that I’ll be sharing here. Due to the slightly longer gap between this update and the last, there’s a decent amount to catch up on. This will be a beefier post. Most, if not all of it, is good news. There will…
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Over time, I’ve learned that thankfulness and gratitude are emotions that require constant effort to maintain. We all have a habit of getting caught up in the day to day effort it takes to simply exist, that it’s pretty easy to forget how lucky we all are. Even when things aren’t going exactly how you…