Start of week 2.

Been up since 4:30am, lots of fun. Went for blood work hoping for good results. Was pretty happy when #'s came back. White blood cell count back up already, 0.9. Figure by tommorow that will likely be able to start stem cell harvest. Not sure yet if stem cell harvest will need to be done over one or two days. Once it is determined that my white blood cell count hits 1.0 a second test will be completed. The second test checks for the number of stem cells in my blood. If high level of stem cells harvest will be done in one day, if it is low will be over two days. The good news about this is I won't be giving myself needles much longer. I really need to emphasize how I hate giving myself needles, if anyone is that curious get to stick myself in the stomach today. Was told that tonight might be a long night, probably won't sleep much, if any, due to the nuepogen. The other major side effect that I get from the neupogen injections is bone pain in my large bones. As odd as this sounds the more pain I feel the better, though not everyone feels pain. The reason behind the bone pain is that the stem cells are mobilizing, and the more pain generally means the more stem cells. I'm not feeling that bad, some minor discomfort through hips, femurs (thighs), and across shoulder blades. Being told that might starting hurting more as the day progress's. Was warned last week about how intensse pain can be. Here's the example, the stem cells also mobolize in the sternum, has been many case's were pain got so bad that people thought they were having a heart attack. Found out my hemoglobin level starting to get a bit low again so will need to get another blood tranfusion (just had trasfusion maybe two weeks ago). Should be back in town for Thursday,but possibly for Wednesday.