Things are progressing

Roz is still feeling ill - nausea, sickness, sore throats, slight temperature, mouth ulcers, etc. All to be expected we understand - but it still makes you feel pretty ill and very tired.
Seven days after the transplant they gave Roz an accelerator to encourage the stem cells that had migrated into her bone marrow. This is called Granulocyte Colony Stimulating Factor GCFS - targetted at improving neutrophils. This will encourage the production of new blood cells.  When this happens you sometimes get pains in your big bones.

The really good thing is that she has had pains in her hip bones the last few days. This is an excellent sign.

Seemingly many of these symptoms reflect the progress to the next stage of recovery. There is a book called the Seven Steps to Recovery - however Roz choose not to read it in detail, and just take things as they come

The other good thing is that all Roz's blood results are going in the right direction. In particular her neutrophils, which were down at less than .1 about the time of the transplant, are now back up over 1.3. (Mine are only .63 so she is doing well) Normal is still a lot higher - about 2.5 to 7.5, but this is one of the most encouraging signs for being sent home at some point - it means she is building up resistance to infections.

Kings College Hospital