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