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…
Antipodean Update
Happy New year all you frozen northerners!! I thought it finally time to do a bit of an update as there have been a few things worthy of note. That and I’ve got off my lazy butt to do them. Where to start! Okay, as you all know late last year I had a nasty…