Hello, Wisconsin!
Another month, another post. The good news. There isn't much news. Last month I did my stem cell collection in Madison, Wisc. The collection process is the easy part. It's kind of like giving plasma. One line takes the blood out, one line puts it back in, after going through a centrifuge that collects the stem cells. Now just sit there for four hours. But try not to move, otherwise you're constantly setting the machine off. The worst part of it was all the shots and the aches you get as a side effect leading up to it. They really weren't that bad. I was paused on treatment during that time to let my body make as many stem cells as possible and luckily I was able to collect enough stem cells in one day. (It's generally a 2-day process) And then I went immediately back into treatment later that week and back on my medications. The downside to that is getting your body used to all the medications again, in particular, your digestive system. But once again, all of the
