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…
Month: January 2008
Final Medical Clearance
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.
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.
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…
Images from Scott
Scott couldn’t get the gallery working (sigh, what am I gonna do? 🙂 ) So here are the images he mailed me: Cal Beardless Scott Beardless Scott A flower? Do you think you could have looked any more SOUR in those pictures Scott?! Heh heh. I mean, you look odd enough without your beard as…