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Old Mon Jun 13, 2011, 05:44 PM
Darice Darice is offline
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More BMSCT humor

My husband got his stem cell transplant in Omaha, Nebraska, and we spent the 2+ months together in a hospital room/suite with a mini kitchenette, etc., much like Neil described. Many of the transplant patients were dealing with nausea, again much like Neil described. Not my crazy German. One of our nurses came in to check on us the evening of the transplant (or maybe it was the next evening?). She found us sitting at the coffee table feasting on sardines and black bread. I think he is still a legend there.

She couldn't understand how anyone could eat anything like that anytime, never mind right after a stem cell transplant. One of our doctors was Dutch . . . he understood.
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