So how was today? Simple answer, almost like yesterday. After breakfast I went outside to relax a bit. Since Monday was a bad day for me I had skip calling Jürgen, so I decided to call him. During the call I noticed that our fountain was not working because of a lack of water. After the call with Jürgen I got up and filled the fountain, and since I had the water house on, I decided to water all the flowers and bird baths.

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Today was a much better day than yesterday. I got up had breakfast, after that I went for my short walk in front of our house. After that I started to contact some of my family and friends via Skype or FaceTime. I spoke to Francois, Ray, Hannelore, Peter and Don. Before I know it, it was lunch time. What a difference compared with yesterday. I was full of energy in the morning, I even went for a second walk after lunch.

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Today was a rough day, not sure how it happen, all I know my system was out of wack. It all started after waking up. Before that I had a good night sleep getting up every 3 hours to relieve myself of the chemo fluids in my system. Things changed when it was time to wake up. I just fell asleep agin. I was able to have a short FaceTime call with Ray before I had the energy to get out of bed.

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Today started off like yesterday without any problems. The night was good as I was able to fulfill the medical requirement to get up every 3 hours in order to flush my system from the chemo and other medication fluids.

We had again the free breakfast at the motel, it still was not much, but enough for us. We had already pack most of our stuff last night, all there was left to do was to pack the last few things and take them down to the car and start our drive back home.

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Today is the day for the start of the Stem Cell Transplant. Step 1 is the the Cytoxan chemo infusion. However, because it is very toxic I receive before and after other fluids for protection. In summary, zxtoday was very good day, better than I had expected. Have we reached the turning point? We will find out by the end of this week, since this week every day will have a appointment for something.

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Today started of like the last few days, the only pain I had was the shoulder-back-shoulder pain which came in various pain levels. I also had no the morning sickness (dizziness and quizziness). The morning was used to pack up Dianne’s and my computers with all the accessories, such as chargers, mice, extension cords, etc. I also packed our cloths for the next 3 days. I know it sound like nothing, but it not only took me all morning, but it also took all my energy since I did not rest between the various activities.

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