k33pcool's Cancer Blog
June 24, 2008
Yes, i could not harvest enough stem cells and I have to repeat the whole procedure again! I was so depressed I cried, now the whole hospital knows I am a crybaby! I didn’t want to cry but I can’t hold it any longer. I hate it, and my mom is there, i hate it when she sees me at my lowest..The doc and nurses seen it, yeah I am officially the crybaby in the hospital!I don’t what to redo the harvesting, the femoral line hurts like shit!especially when its pulled out!I think i screamed so loud i sounded like a women giving birth!My hair is starting to drop again, for the second time, I am becoming bald, I cna’t say that im sad, cuz i kinda enjoy the wind blowing at the back of my head and having wake up in the morning looking in the mirror without a messy hair!
I am back from bone marrow harvesting --> FAILLED, 
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June 19, 2008
Hi everyone. I did my peripheral stem cell harvesting. Unfortunately, there isn’t enough stem cell collected. I cried! and i cried like mad, its so embarrassing! The femoral line HURTS man!i did the harvesting for two days and i can’t take it anymore. But I still have to go back to collect :( I need 2 million stem cells but i’ve only collected 0.9 million so far. Its so depressing….now the whole ward knows im a crybaby! gosh…
HOW MANY, IF ANY, TRIALS OF CHEMO HAVE YOU HAD THUS FAR? YOUR BODY’S INABILITY TO PRODUCE STEM CELLS IS ROOTED WHERE? THAT IS TO SAY, FROM MULTIPLE CHEMO TRIALS OR WHAT? I TYPE IN CAPS, AS THE TEXT SIZE IN LOWER CASE ON MY COMPUTER FROM THIS SITE, IS VERY DIFFICULT TO READ. I HAVE 3RD STAGE, HIGH DEGREE, OVARIAN CANCER. I FINISHED MY FIRST TRIAL OF CHEMO 04/02/08, POST SURGERY 07/12/08. MY LAST CA125 = 11. WHAT NEW HEALTHY BEHAVIOURS ARE YOU OR ANYONE INCORPORATING INTO YOUR LIVES?
I HAVE BEEN ATTEMPTING TO EAT LOW GLYCEMIC FOODS WHICH I AM TO UNDERSTAND REDUCES CELLULAR INFLAMATION, WHICH I AM TOLD PRECEDES CELLULAR DISEASE. I AM WORKING ON KEEPING THE HEALTHY CELLS HEALTHY. WHAT HAVE YOU HEARD?
Hi, my name is Patty and I was diagnosed with Leukemia almost 14 years ago and I just received my bone marrow biopsy from June 4 that reveled that I was in Remission. It caught my attention that you had a stem cell harvest but there wasn’t enough stem cells. I am sure they have made advances since I had mine, but they had me give myself an injection of nupregen daily then go to the lab and after the 5th day they called and said they were ready to insert the central line that I had sufficent stem cells and I was scheduled to be in pherisis for 8 hours per day for 5 days, but I guess that I really lucked out for they were able to get all the stem cells in just one day. That has been about 12 year ago, and I was curious if they did it differently now. Couldn’t they tell by your blood counts that you didn’t have enough stem cells to proceed? You will be in my thoughts and prayers for feeling better and success in your treatment. It’s certainly no fun….. If you ever need to talk, I’m always here…. Take Care, Patty
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Thanks for your support - 
Hi girl, stay strong and u will recover soon …
HI there- My name is Brad and I found your blog on the blog for a cure site. This past fall I was diagnosed with cancer for the 2nd time. I was diagnosed with Stage 3 Burkitt’s Lymphoma and went through very similar battles as your own.
I can relate to your words and want to tell you it’s ok to cry as often as you need to – it’s healing. I had six tumors all throughout my body. My chemo was very intensive and basically spent four months of my life in/out of the hospital, going neutropenics several times.
In February I went inro remission and thank god for it. I write a blog called www.cancerisboring.com which I still write on. I also still cry as it’s a very traumatic thing to go through.
If you’d ever like to chat or e-mail me, you can reach me at bradonyc@yahoo.com. Also, please check out my blog.
Sending positiviy your way—stay strong!
Hello k33pcool. I understood how you feel. The type of cancer that I was diagnosis exactly same with yours; Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (Difffuse large B cell lymphoma. I am 25 years old. Why bone marrow harvest will cause hair falls? You are treated in which hospital?
I just hope you get to hear those words from the doctor’s mouth soon. It goes something like this, “Everything looks pretty good. You should be done with your treatment soon.”
I have had 4 chemo sessions. I have become bald. I have had to stop working (which luckily leaves me all the time in the world to think about my cancer lol). I am fatter and weaker than I have ever been.
Once I heard those words from my doctor it was all worth it.
Keep staying in there. The good news seems so much better after all (ALL) the bad news.
PS - Bone marrow’s are the worst. I’m a 215 lbs Irish man and I cried when they did it.