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We will be walking as “Seth’s Solemates” — many thanks to my cousins Shari and Benet for the suggestion … and for everyone’s suggestions. Loved them all!
We are in the process of registering for the walks in NYC and in Philadelphia and [...]
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UPDATE: The contest is now closed and we are deciding on a name. Look for a new post shortly announcing the winning team name.
We are forming a team for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s annual walk to raise awareness and money. Soon, we’ll be solicitng your attendence and support, but right now, we’re trying to [...]
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Yesterday was my last day with the physical therapist. I achieved a very high score on all of the tests for balance and endurance. It was a substantial improvement over last week and I think it’s due to my stubborn independence and just wanting to try to resume a somewhat normal life. Basically, the results [...]
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After months of set backs and other various delays, we’ve finally set the dates for the bone marrow transplant. I return to the hospital on 14 September and begin two days of chemotherapy after that, then three days of radiation. On 20 September, I receive the transplant cells, and the count-down begins: 20 September will [...]
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Neil, Deb, David and Me
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Because I spent my birthday in surgery an in recovery, we rescheduled a post-birthday birthday celebration yesterday. Champagne, and some of my favorite delicacies from Russ and Daughters: caviar cream cheese, whitefish salad, smoked salmon. Mom made tuna and egg salad, and we had crudité and a new [...]
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I know it’s been a while since I wrote on the blog last – and there have been plenty of pleas, phone calls, and emails imploring me to write. It’s been a week and a couple of days since I came home and there have been lots of adjustment issues, home appointments with nurses and [...]
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After 62 days in hospital, I was discharged yesterday. YEAH!
When I got home, it felt weird – like … it’s not another antiseptic hospital room; it’s my home. And it was pretty much exactly as I remembered it. A new addition are the banister rails on the steps for my loft (installed at different angles [...]
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So today in physical therapy I was fitted for a cane, continuing the family tradition from my grandfather to my sister-in-law Sheera. I walk very steadily with it and it’s a great help going up and down stairs. Eerily, my cane looks very much like my grandfather’s did: dark wood, [...]
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Reached quite a milestone today in physical therapy (PT): I walked 500 feet with the walker and earned my green card which allows me to walk on the ward with a walker short distances. It’s huge and a coveted prize here.
100 Feet? Today, I walked 100 feet in the PT gym without the walker. [...]
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Today was a great day! Lenna brought Voodoo to hospital for a visit! Yes, that’s right … Voodoo came to the hospital. On the rehab ward where I am now, they allow patients’ dogs to visit on the floor. We had a great time.
The whole photoset is on Flickr.
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9:45 this morning – occupational therapy. OT works with patients to handle the tasks of living – dressing, washing, cooking, cleaning, etc.. First thing today was the OT therapist did intake which took a while. Then we practiced some dressing. Some I can do – I can put on my own pants and sox. I [...]
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“Your bed at Ravdin (physical therapy ward) will be ready at 6:38,” that’s what my nurse on Rhoads said yesterday afternoon. How weird, we thought, that they could be so precise – but it gave us a glimmer of hope that we wouldn’t have to do a transfer late at night.
Turns out, my room number [...]
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