1/15/05 Home Sweet Home

I got up today at 6:30 AM for my 7:30 AM infusion appointment. I got one unit of platelets and 2 units of red blood cells. In all it took about 6 hours with out any issues. My pelvis was still hurting and throbbing from the growth factor although I did get a half decent nights sleep. They asked me if I wanted pain medication besides Tylenol and at first I said no but ultimately the Doc in charge gave me a pill (narcotic) that at first did not work that well but after a while killed the pain. He wrote me a script for the same thing in liquid form, why liquid I do not know, but there was not a pharmacy around the area that carried it. Because it is a narcotic it is not allowed to be called into the pharmacy so that the Doc could do nothing. Fortunately, after my sinus rotor-rooter in early December that Doc gave me an equivalent drug. I did not realize I had it until another of my Doc's suggested I look in my medicine cabinet. Anyhow that solved all my pain killer needs for now. I am quite sure that you never have experienced bone pain from your stem cells expanding rapidly in your bone marrow but it is the wierdest feeling you could imagine and painful.

About the best part of my day, I arrived back to my house around 5:30 PM to a tremendous reception from Emily and Alex. An hour later they were watching TV. Emily seems very distraught about me and Jane being gone and does not quite understand why we were in a Hotel room part of our stay. She acquaints that with vacation and wants to know why mommy and daddy go on vacation so much without her. Some vacation, anybody who wants to go on this vacation must be wacked out of their minds. Alex is very huggy and kissy and had a smile from ear to ear when he first saw me but is acting out some, particularly on his sister. It is great to be in my home and to eat something that is not out of a can or frozen. We go back to Boston on Monday morning, very early for a 9 AM appointment. My Mom and I will probably go so Jane can hang with the kids. I should be back later in the day.

By the way did anybody notice that the inaugural party for our President is going to cost $45MM plus another $12MM that Washington D.C. will have to pay from out of their taxpayers pockets. Shame, Shame, Shame!!!