Here we are, resting after a great day together. The Flickr photoset says it all!
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Physical therapy is done!
Posted on August 24, 2007 (8:57 am) by Seth
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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Post-Brithday Birthday Celebration
Posted on August 19, 2007 (8:01 am) by Seth
Neil, Deb, David and Me
Originally uploaded by sdpalmer.
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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102%
Posted on August 16, 2007 (8:46 pm) by Seth
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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Coming to you you live … from HOME!
Posted on August 9, 2007 (9:51 am) by Seth
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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50% solution
Posted on June 7, 2007 (1:24 am) by Seth
Visiting the oncologist today was unlike any other visit: it was actually not just busy, but crowded! And it seemed like quite a social gathering. After a couple of false starts to get my bloods drawn and get in to the the doctor (with my chart missing, nonetheless), we finally heard that the bone marrow [...]
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Bone Marrow Biopsy no. 4
Posted on June 4, 2007 (9:03 pm) by Seth
Friday I had my fourth bone marrow biopsy. We were testing to find out how much leukemia is still in my bones. Above a certain threshhold, and I’ll need to go back for another round of chemo before the transplant. This will improve my chances with the transplant. Of course, such a circumstance may also [...]
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Kisses for Daddy – Another joyous Voodoo visit
Posted on June 4, 2007 (11:49 am) by Seth
Kisses for Daddy – the best version
Originally uploaded by sdpalmer.
Lenna and Brian came to visit on Saturday with Voodoo. This time, there was no mistaking the daddy! Lots of kisses. I took Voodoo for a walk just the two of the us up the Skuykill River and we were both panting from the heat. A [...]
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Healthier today …
Posted on June 2, 2007 (1:50 pm) by Seth
than I was when I was admitted in to the hospital. Take a at my blook numbers from the day I went to emergency room on February 9th, with those from this past Thursday.
Date
Day
WBC
ANC
Hgb
PLT
Transfusions
10 Feb
Day -3
4.9
147
10.8
25
–
31 May
Today
1.1
264
11.2
68
Admittedly, I had a few more white blood cells back then, but remember that nearly every blood cell was [...]
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Sportin’ a baldy
Posted on May 24, 2007 (8:33 pm) by Seth
Sportin’ a baldy today
Originally uploaded by sdpalmer.
My hair was growing in too unevenly so I had it cut today … all the way back. Looks great. Feels cold!
I had it done mid-morning today and was a little self-conscious afterwards at work, so I still wore my surgical scrub hat, but I’m getting more [...]
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So where did it go?
Posted on May 11, 2007 (9:11 pm) by Seth
What? Where did what go? So on Wednesday and on Thursday they drew my bloods, as usual, to do the regular analysis and guess what? While my white blood count, ANC’s hemoglobin and platelets are all floating around the same numbers (I’ll update the blood chart here tonight), the lab reported no Leukemia blasts in [...]
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Still “free”
Posted on May 10, 2007 (7:09 am) by Seth
At least in the outside world!
Saw the oncologist yesterday. I’m doing OK but the Leukemia has started to reappear in my blood – the 3% of anomalous cells the machine caught on Monday were, in fact, Leukemia blasts. However, I’m still well enough to be out of the hospital and we’re going to [...]
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First night at home
Posted on April 8, 2007 (5:56 am) by Seth
It’s a curious thing to have your family around you again; it’s almost like I was growing up again – except my mom’s older, my brother’s married and is here with his wife … and I’m still single
Anyway, I didn’t wake up at 5am as I had feared, out of habit for the [...]
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