In the beginning.

This Great Stemcell Transplant Adventure  started, in fact, with quite another transplant. In June 2014 I had a donor knee transplant at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary ( the 5th in Scotland I believe)............ this transplant was the final solution to 8 years of pain and suffering caused by a fall in Pick and Pay (a large grocery chain in South Africa with whom I have an ongoing court case.)
In the lead up to the knee transplant  I was subjected to endless blood tests and the Myeloma showed up in one of them.
 As soon as I was out of hospital but still on crutches and  still in great pain I was given a bone marrow biopsy which confirmed the  Myeloma diagnosis.   With one thing and another I could not start the Chemo treatment till the February of 2015 and until a week ago have been on the Chemo injection, Steroids and Thalidomide.
 I have reacted well to the treatment and my Doctor has seen fit to suggest that I am a suitable candidate for the Stemcell Transplant.
The knee is not 100 percent  but I am doing as well as can be expected and once the Stemcell Transplant is over I will focus on getting the knee up and running. Its no good have an athletic knee when I don't have the energy to walk.
I am sure that everybody who had ha Chemo Therapy will agree that it is exhausting and for  the last 6 months I have felt very tired, nauseous and dizzy..... I believe that this will continue into the Stemcell Transplant but at the end I will start feeling terrific again.