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Discharged home to stay. Just out-patient visits for now. The plumbing was yanked out—literally yanked, by a physician from Croatia, who said Slavically, "Is troublemaker. Is stuck. Will come though." And so it did, though not before he had lifted me bodily off the bed by the tube. Very nice man.

Next hurdle is when the cyclosporine is reduced in 2-3 weeks. This is an immunosuppressant that serves initially in an anti-rejection role to prevent my own marrow killing off the transplant. Since the transplant looks like it has already killed my marrow (fingers crossed!), the drug now serves to keep the transplanted marrow from attacking the rest of me, which it will see as foreign. But the cyclosporine is nasty stuff, and one can't stay on it forever, so we start to reduce it at about Day 70 and see what kind of auto-immune things happen. Acute Graft Versus Host Disease usually takes the form of rashes, severe diarrhoea, and breathing difficulties. It would be treated with steroids. The later, chronic form can occur anytime in any type of autoimmune disease.
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Major stuff. Fingers crossed!

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Finding myself with camera and film, I thought I'd do a series of self-portraits which may be a bit too honest for comfortable viewing. It's been an intense experience, and I still don't know how it will turn out. Wears you down a bit.

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It is nice to know that I haven't forgotten how to process a film after an eleven month gap!
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Chris, I'm impressed that you are back home, processing film! Thankfully, it would appear that the chemicals only burned off what was on the outside of your head.

Hang in there. We're still rooting for you!

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Chris Glad to know you were home. The pictures look wonderful and I’ve always thought that black and white photos convey much more emotion then color. We just hope your recovery goes very well and that you speed right along.
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last pic could be used for the poster of hitchcock's next film *the shaver* :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

keeping all crossed for a speedy recovery

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Welcome home!
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In the earlier photo, you look a lot like Bill Murray.

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What's that up there? Hair!

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You now have more than me!
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Chris, congratulations on the return of the hair. I hope it brings you added strength and energy as well.

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You now have more than me!
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drmoss_ca wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 3:51 pm[snip]
The plumbing was yanked out—literally yanked, by a physician from Croatia, who said Slavically, "Is troublemaker. Is stuck. Will come though." And so it did, though not before he had lifted me bodily off the bed by the tube. Very nice man.
[snip]
:-k Didn't that leave a hole in your jugular?
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John Rose wrote: Tue Aug 03, 2021 8:10 pm
drmoss_ca wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 3:51 pm[snip]
The plumbing was yanked out—literally yanked, by a physician from Croatia, who said Slavically, "Is troublemaker. Is stuck. Will come though." And so it did, though not before he had lifted me bodily off the bed by the tube. Very nice man.
[snip]
:-k Didn't that leave a hole in your jugular?
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drmoss_ca wrote: Wed Aug 04, 2021 3:01 am Everyone should have one!
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John Rose wrote: Tue Aug 03, 2021 8:10 pm
drmoss_ca wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 3:51 pm[snip]
The plumbing was yanked out—literally yanked, by a physician from Croatia, who said Slavically, "Is troublemaker. Is stuck. Will come though." And so it did, though not before he had lifted me bodily off the bed by the tube. Very nice man.
[snip]
:-k Didn't that leave a hole in your jugular?
I’ve had two chest tubes removed. Not a pleasant experience at all, but I must say that once they were out I felt a hell of a lot better physically.
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Only remaining problem is graft versus host disease of the gut. A month on a liquid diet has led to a 41lb weight loss:

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Thanks for the update, Chris. I've been wondering how you were doing. Though that's a very large weight loss, you don't look gaunt or unhealthy in the photo.

I've never heard of "graft versus host disease of the gut." Does it have anything to do with the change in blood type to that of the bone marrow donor or is it typical of transplants in general? (Or none of the above?)

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Thee new immune system regards all the rest of me as foreign tissue as no match is perfect. Consequently one gets any kind of auto-immune (though it's not quite auto in the sense of self here) disease you can imagine. This is lumped together as graft versus host disease.
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I must say that you look very good after shedding the 41 lbs. =D>
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