Please feel free to email or call Helen and let her know you are praying for her. Her ordeal, hopefully, will soon be over... All my trials, Lord... Vicki From: [log in to unmask] Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:45:52 EST Subject: Not Ferret Related UpDate on my Stem Cell Transplant. Hello All, Please continue to keep me in your prayers, my medicine came. I start my shots tomorrow the 21st and I go to the hospital on the 25th for blood work. I have to be there by 8 a.m., so that means getting up at 5 a.m. again and fighting that Pittsburgh traffic. If my blood work is good and my white cell count is up they will put the port in and take my cells. If not I have to take a second dose of this medicine which is called NEUPOGEN. It has some bad side affects to it and I pray I don't get any of them. I scanned the paper to show you the side affects. POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS: SIDE EFFECTS that may occur while taking this medicine include bone pain, and fever. If it continues or is bothersome, check with your doctor. CONTACT YOUR DOCTOR IMMEDIATELY, If you experience stomach/abdominal pain, shoulder pain, trouble breathing, chest pain, fast or irregular heartbeat, mouth sores, or severe weakness. If you notice other effects not listed above, contact your doctor, nurse, or pharmacist. BEFORE USING THIS MEDICINE: INFORM YOUR DOCTOR OR PHARMACIST of all prescription and over-the-counter medicine that you are taking. God has been so good to me and I pray I get through this shots without any side affects and that my white count is up enough to get the port and my cells taken out. After that I come home and wait for a couple of weeks and then I go in the hospital for Chemo. They have decided to keep me since I don't have anyone to stay with me down there or here at home 24 hours a day. After a couple of weeks or so I get my cells put back in. Thank you all for your prayers and all your support and wonderful emails and encouragement. God Bless Each and Everyone Of You Hugs Love and Prayers Helen __,_._,___ Vicki Montgomery Tricks and Treats Rescue Greater Houston/Galveston Texas 713-472-6599 [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] "Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace." ~ Dr. Albert Schweitzer [Posted in FML 5889]