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Thanks, Stephanie Walker
Day +578 Recently I discovered that it’s okay for me not to be okay with this disease. [Whaaaat? Is she having one of those...

bridget snell
Nov 13, 20194 min read


No. 492
I learned a few lessons last weekend. They were pretty profound.

bridget snell
Sep 9, 20193 min read


Hand me my Ticonderoga
There are few days on my calendar that are written in pen. An average day is fluid and a pencil is the wisest tool. But today was blank...

bridget snell
Mar 27, 20192 min read


One non blonde
Day +330 I realized this morning that It's been a year since I launched this blog. That means you've heard just about enough to speak...

bridget snell
Mar 12, 20193 min read


I'm easy to find in a crowd
I put a picture of my follicle-y challenged head up on my social media page with hashtag #HSCTlooksgoodonme (I have just one social media...

bridget snell
Jun 7, 20182 min read


I am not 20
It's 32 days since my transplant. I've been home for 3 weeks. I've rested for a couple of those. Kind of. I've been to baseball games,...

bridget snell
May 17, 20183 min read
Non linear. Thanks.
While you are staring studying my new Mr. Magoo/academic Dr. Evil image, you'll quickly notice that the remaining small patch of hair on...

bridget snell
May 8, 20183 min read


Don't call it a comeback
As of yesterday, we're out of severe neutropenia! We are out of the land of do-not-do-this-and-do-not-eat-that! This doesn't mean we can...

bridget snell
Apr 24, 20183 min read


Who's your Daddy, Stem Cells?!
11.8 million stem cells. [mic drop] [picks mic up and runs a Lysol wipe over it, then sprays down with Lysol, then applies Purell to...

bridget snell
Apr 13, 20183 min read


Wasabi Nose
Yeah, that's a thing. It's the term one of the staff here uses to describe one of the many side effects of the chemo as it first entered...

bridget snell
Apr 3, 20183 min read


My Girls
I have avoided talking about this. To you, I mean. Matt and I have been talking to them about this all along. I can’t even think about...

bridget snell
Mar 8, 20183 min read


Hugs and Soda Pop
It's funny to think of all the little things that will [hopefully] not be "Bridget normal" after the treatment. I say "Bridget normal"...

bridget snell
Mar 6, 20182 min read


Wait, Bridget has MS?
So, yes. I have Multiple Sclerosis. It's not something that you see when you look at me (when you look at me you just think "She really...

bridget snell
Mar 1, 20185 min read
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