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Done.

Posted on February 4, 2008February 6, 2008 by Ian

I’m back home. Sore, but okay. It’ll definately be a couple days until I’m really mobile again. Enough for now, T3’s are my friend, I’m going back to bed. [Update (Feb 6): I’m feeling much better now. I think I may go to work tomorrow, but not for a full day. I just got the…

C-c-c-cold H-h-here

Posted on January 28, 2008 by Ian

Last night my home weather station recorded a -40 C windchill.  Nice.  Ambient temperature has been between -35C and -30C today.  Yuck.  I’ve noticed that Brady has had that kind of weather for a while now.  Yuck again. And…Shelley just phoned me to tell me one of our kitchen pipes has frozen up.  We’re trying…

Final Medical Clearance

Posted on January 22, 2008 by Ian

I received the okay to donate today.  The transplant doctor has been notified so we’re going ahead.  Very soon they will start killing the recipient’s marrow, and turning back would be a REALLY crappy thing to do.

Here I sit.

Posted on January 16, 2008January 17, 2008 by Ian

I’m sitting in the basement of the Tom Baker Cancer Centre, waiting for a doctor to come available. Everything is done for the day except the final transplant confirmation. So far today, I’ve: Given 3 vials of blood for final type checking Had an ECG Had a chest X-Ray Gone through my medical history for…

The Marrow Donation is Going Ahead.

Posted on January 8, 2008January 14, 2008 by Ian

I got the call up to the big leagues today. My blood type matches someone, and the donation is going to go ahead soon [Ed: Dates removed according to privacy policy]. Work ups start next week. Now the BIG problem: How do I want to do it? The 1) Bone Marrow Donation Technique or the…

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