Day + 104

I promised myself I wasn't going to update the blog until I had something positive or happy to say. Unfortunately I still don't have anything really positive to write about but I've been nagged to do a quickie update so here goes.
I have three more radiotherapy treatments to go and frankly they can't finish soon enough. The daily grind of a 4 hour round trip into Glasgow everyday has taken its toll and I am 100% puddle-ducked. I'm still not eating and the throat is worse than ever so I'm surviving on prescribed Calshakes. I take two a day and they give me nutrients and 1200 calories.... I've been told I need circa 3000 calories right now. The fact that I am managing to drink these shakes has meant that I don't need a feeding tube inserted in my nose and I have been managing a meal (usually something spicy) every other day. I'll be glad when this is over.

Day + 100 came and went. I didn't think I would make it but I did and I'm very much still alive. I managed to go from leaving hospital to day +100 without getting ill and then on day +101 I caught the nasty lurgy and cough that my little girls have been fighting all week. Bloody typical!

Big congratulations to Skie who was released from SCT today. At only day +12 she has shown remarkable strength and put me to shame! As too has my man Brian in California! Brian has to undergo what they call a "tandem SCT". This basically means that he has to have 2 SCTs in quick succession. Instead of getting BEAM chemo in a one'er like I did he gets the M for the first transplant and then the BEA part for the second. He has just been released from his first one and at day +16 appears to be doing just great.
Also, Duane continues to make a remarkable recovery from his allo-SCT and is a constant source of inspiration to me.