I had a nurse come home and reach for my brain through my nose. In her defense she was only doing what she was trained to do, and she did give me fair warning. But my brain was not ready. Before anyone imagines too much, she just took a nasal swab to then go determine if I had any of the viruses that could put my chemo on hold.
So apparently I have RSV – medical terminology for a bad cold (is there any such thing as a good cold? I wonder….I diverge) and a bad cold is bad for chemo. So…Chemo is postponed to January 😦 😦
This just drops a spanner in my otherwise busy life’s machinery. Do not laugh, I did have a lot of my next steps worked out.
Oh and I am no longer -6 days old. My new dates are this:
Thursday, January 3, 2019
Triple Lumen PICC Placement
Friday, January 4, 2019
Admit to hospital
Days -5 to -1 – Chemotherapy days. Wiping out the immune system to create way for stem cells and then a brand new immune system
Day 0: Jan 9 2019 – STEM CELL TRANSPLANT DAY (STEM CELL BIRTHDAY)
Day +1 to +8 – Neutropenia
Hope these dates stick 🙂
Hope. Strength. Courage. Trust. 
It’s definitely disappointing but like you said, it extremely important to not have any infection during the transplant process.
Nasal swabs are always a pain, Vishal hates it as well. And the worst part is the 10 seconds hold inside. I can only imagine what you guys (You and Vishal) go through.
Take care and hope you recover from cold soon and get stronger for ‘the Day’
Love,
Reshma & Vishal
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I absolutely despise the nasal swabs. Hope it’s now a thing of the past for vishal
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I wish it was 😦 but he just got it done two weeks back. We have lost count of how many times he has had it so far.
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😦 crap
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Great – love the description! It’s supposed to be very invasive – it doesn’t hurt, they are not doing the RVP properly!!
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