Dean P. Demos

Fun.!? …  I have a whole new respect for diabetics who live with the self-injection process. 

The biggest down-side of this weekend is the side effects.  Neupogen leaves you with flu-like symptoms and, for me, a pulsing, throbbing nerve-type pain in my lower back, especially when I lay down to sleep.   I spent much of last night on the recliner upstairs in our bonus room to get relief from this annoying side effect.

I keep telling myself, “The neupogen is stimulating more white blood cells in my bone marrow, a process important to the stem cell harvest process.”  That gets me through.

My lovely little care-giver, my wife of 43+ years, has been the best in this process.  Normally a “suck it up, buddy” type of person, she has flowered with a very comforting, merciful, nurse-type disposition.  She’s the BEST.

Jesus, thank You for my wonderful wife, who helps me locate plump body areas to inject myself without hitting a vein.  Lord, thank You for EVERYTHING … everywhere I look, I see Your hand of blessing.  You are Great.  You are Good.