Category Archives: Medical

Day +96: Out of the Cocoon

Posted on October 21, 2014 by harleyhudson

Imagine you are a Monarch Butterfly caterpillar. You are on a milkweed leaf munching away. Your skin is stripped yellow, black, and white to look like a part of the plant. At the same time you are aware that predators … Continue reading →

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Day +75: One Day at a Time

Posted on September 29, 2014 by harleyhudson

More years than I want to think about, Merle Haggard wrote a song that should become the stem cell transplant patient’s theme song. The chorus goes like this: One day at a time sweet Jesus that’s all I’m asking from … Continue reading →

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Day +47: Wow! What a Ride.

Posted on September 1, 2014 by harleyhudson

“Wow! What a ride.” That’s what I expected to say about now. I wasn’t thinking the trip would be like a giant roller coaster. That would have been too much. Instead, I thought it might be like riding a ski … Continue reading →

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Day +38

Posted on August 23, 2014 by harleyhudson

I seriously apologize for not posting for so long. I just have not had the energy to think about it. I have, however, written a new blog for “Cancerwise”. You can read it and view the accompanying video at: http://www2.mdanderson.org/cancerwise/2014/08/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-stem-cell-transplant-patient.html … Continue reading →

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Day – 6 and Counting

Posted on July 9, 2014 by harleyhudson

I’m glad today is over. We started out being early for everything, blood/specimen collection and a CT of the sinuses (just regular sinusitis as it turned out) then things kind of went to pot, timing wise. We waited for one … Continue reading →

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D-15: Life’s a Whirlwind

Posted on June 30, 2014 by harleyhudson

Whew! Life since last Tuesday has been a whirlwind of activity or trying to catch enough energy to enter the fray again. I have had time to write; I haven’t had the energy. It’s not that I have forgotten all … Continue reading →

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T-17: Goin’ back to Houston, Houston, Houston

Posted on June 23, 2014 by harleyhudson

Dean Martin had it at least partially correct; we’re goin’ back to Houston, but not because it is gettin’ lonely in this old town. We will leave all of our friends behind and go to the big city because that … Continue reading →

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T-23: The Pieces Fit

Posted on June 18, 2014 by harleyhudson

This whole experience is like a giant puzzle. You know the type: a fantastic picture of something, maybe a copy of the “Mona Lisa” or a barn in a field of waving grass cut into 5000 different pieces with protrusions … Continue reading →

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T-25: There’s Power in the Blood

Posted on June 15, 2014 by harleyhudson

We were singing a worship song this morning that contained a reference to Jesus’ blood and a new heart. Then it hit me! (I know. I’m a bit slow on the uptick.) If it weren’t for my very first blood … Continue reading →

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T-27: Pruning

Posted on June 13, 2014 by harleyhudson

A group of friends from my former job came and trimmed our hedge. We have a circular drive which has been bordered by a tall hedge for years. It needed trimmed. The lowest parts were chest high, maybe five feet. The … Continue reading →

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