Stem Cell Harvest Day-April 2nd

Yee Haw world...Finally after 10 days of shots to mobilize the cells, the magic numbers came up on the slot machine and I spent 4 hrs hooked up the the Apheresis machine (fancy cool centrifuge) and they rotated the blood thru and separated those particular cells from the rest of them...Doc's want 10 million so there are enough for 2 transplants..I told him I wanted 15 mil, so there were enough for 3...He laughed at my theory and said we will see...
Been without immune system for a week till the white cells came back to normal...Good bone marrow works wonders at recuperating ya..
Got 36 million cells...More than enough for whatever comes down the road, as long as they do what I told them anyway...3 have been done before, so whats the big deal if there are plenty...
Amazing how stuck some people get in their"this is the only way" world...I have enough ocd I guess, to want to plan waay too far ahead...just in case...Amy way, I seem to be a patient that questions a bit more than they are used to...tuff cookies world...Its my body and ultimate choices for how I proceed..I gotts to plan 10 to 15yrs out instead of laying down and accepting the usual .
There are human embryo transplants being done in other parts of the world, and despite the religious aspects to that particular process..It happens and many times saves lives and quality of life..(thanks Denise)..ok, off the soapbox..
Waiting for the 20th or so for the next step of the transplant itself, so will shut up for a bit and enjoy a non drug few weeks...now to catch up on teh messages I have been too drugged out to read..thanks world...