bridget snell
No. 492
I learned a few lessons last weekend. They were pretty profound.
How a stem cell transplant for MS is keeping me on my feet
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bridget snell
- Aug 10, 2019
- 2 min
It's not a competition
I've gone and done it again. This time, I got my sister involved.
bridget snell
- May 30, 2019
- 2 min
Bob and weave
I had a wine-with-a-black-coffee-chaser kind of morning.
bridget snell
- Mar 27, 2019
- 2 min
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, 2019
- 3 min
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, 2019
- 3 min
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
- Oct 3, 2018
- 3 min
I'll just never be ready for Disney
Day +171 It's almost time. My 6-month post-transplant MRI is in three weeks. This MRI isn't a tell-all. It's not giving a pass/fail to...
bridget snell
- Jun 7, 2018
- 2 min
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, 2018
- 3 min
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, 2018
- 3 min
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, 2018
- 3 min
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, 2018
- 2 min
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, 2018
- 3 min
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, 2018
- 3 min
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, 2018
- 2 min
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, 2018
- 2 min
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, 2018
- 1 min
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, 2018
- 3 min
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, 2018
- 3 min
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 6, 2018
- 2 min
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"...