How a stem cell transplant for MS is keeping me on my feet

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bridget snell

Jul 23, 20205 min read

There are no before photos here

I said I would tell you how I'm faring with this new way of eating for my disease. I can report two truths

bridget snell

May 14, 20203 min read

Dandelion crowns over capes anyway

I decided to ask about the performance of my work pre-HSCT vs today

bridget snell

Apr 17, 20203 min read

A little like a C.S. Lewis story

Every single person reading this during the pandemic is fully aware of what it takes to adapt.

bridget snell

Aug 10, 20192 min read

It's not a competition

I've gone and done it again. This time, I got my sister involved.

bridget snell

Mar 27, 20192 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 11, 20193 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

Feb 14, 20193 min read

I need Joel Schumacher

Day +305 It's been 305 days since transplant, 116 days since my first glass of wine, 116 days since my first haircut, 53 days since my...

bridget snell

Jun 7, 20182 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

May 17, 20183 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 7, 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

Apr 24, 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 22, 20182 min read

Nothing Rhymes with Neutropenia

I've had the most boring of days these past few. Just laying around all day, consuming calories, multiplying cells, growing an immune...

bridget snell

Apr 17, 20183 min read

Sorry so late, had to party...

I have been meaning to catch everyone up since my last post, but you know how it is the couple of days after a big birthday party... It...

bridget snell

Apr 13, 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 12, 20182 min read

Harvest Day!

If this were a musical, the opening scene would be me, lightheaded and flushed, opening the curtains (and wincing at the light) and...

bridget snell

Apr 9, 20182 min read

Step Away from the Phone

It was bound to happen. Something was going to take a turn. I've run out of Grace and Frankie. Halfway through Brooklyn 99. So why not...

bridget snell

Apr 5, 20181 min read

Stem Stim

I'm going to try to type like my youngest daughter speaks-- just chop up the words to save time. Today no chemo but my first of 2x/day...

bridget snell

Apr 3, 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

Mar 8, 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 2, 20182 min read

We get a cool flat in MTY

(With a view) Besides that mind-boggling treatment they'll give me in Monterrey, they give us an apartment to live in so that I don't...

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