It’s in the bones. Part one
It’s a been a few weeks since my last blog. After three sessions of chemo I’ve been home recovering and trying to build up for the next stage of my treatment. Essentially I have a very aggressive form of acute myeloid leukaemia and although I am currently in remission I will relapse, probably within two years and further treatment will be far less efficacious. So my only reasonable option is a bone marrow stem cell transplant and I will be admitted to the QE hospital in Birmingham on Sunday 3rd April to begin this process. I can’t say I’m not concerned. There are risks associated with the treatment including rejection but, more likely, infection. I will spend the first week at the QE being treated with chemo and anti rejection drugs followed by the intravenous administration of bone marrow stem cells. The day this happens is known as day zero and is followed by 100 days when I will be extremely vulnerable. So much so that I will need to be in fairly strict isolation to protect a b...