I haven't put anything up for a few days as I've been in the hospital since Sunday. I guess I should have called a few people but since I knew what was happening (it was the exact same thing as last Sunday) and that I'd be home by Tuesday, I just said 'meh' to the whole idea.
Saturday I felt pretty fatigued and Sunday even more fatigued with almost no appetite. Sunday I started developing a fever that hit 101 and I started getting short of breath, so I went to the emergency room and they admitted me.
Dr. Warner, who handles me when I'm in the hospital, felt that it must be something I'm doing differently on the weekends. I take Septra on the weekends so maybe I have developed a reaction to it. This makes good sense as I also have a similar reaction to Dapsone, which is a similar drug. I'm going to leave off the Septra this coming weekend and see what happens. We'll replace it with a once-monthly, inhalable drug that I don't recall the name of right now. Also I was hypercalcemic so I am going to quit all my supplements.
The good news is that I am closer to doing a transplant. I am going to spend this week building my strength up. If I feel strong enough and dropping the Septra fixes my problems, I'll get started on the transplant procedure next week. If I don't feel strong enough, I'll just do another round of low-dose chemo. I'm also tapering off of the Oxycontin this week.
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