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Day -5 Update – Chemo is a trip

Day -5

Yesterday I received Rituxan and tolerated it very well. Super slow easy day.

Today is one of the “heavy” chemo days, of which I have three more days like this, so a total of 4 “heavy” chemo days.

Today’s first chemo, Cytoxan, was at 11:15-1:15. Then 1000mg of steroids for an hour. And now I’m on another medication, nicknamed rabbit, rATG, which significantly reduces the number of circulating T-cells. It also makes food taste gross but I’m still eating right now. No nausea. No vomiting. No dizziness.

So far so good! Now I am going to try to get some much needed sleep!

Headed back for my stem cells!!!

We are en route to Chicago for my inpatient stay, where I will be getting more chemo starting Friday and finally my stem cells on February 23rd, my Stemmie Birthday!


So exciting!! The roller coaster is still in full swing. Definitely a lot of emotions surrounding this trip!  Let’s do this!

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