Dustypeace

Lucky!! I wasn't able to freeze any eggs - the process would have killed me. Within the next year we are hoping to finally adopt. We have had to deal with discrimination since I had cancer, they are not quick to give you a kid. I'm 10 years post transplant from ALL. Good luck!

OCD made me count them.

I was 31 and was dating my now husband for a year. With my ALL, they were worried I would bleed to death. The the Leukemia your blood cells are not normal, so I guess they wouldn't clot. I wasn't even allowed to use the pushpins in my hospital room to decorate, my friend had to do it. Driving from the clinic to the hospital my mom wanted to stop by their house and pick up my dad from the train so we could all go in together. The hospital, it turns out, was calling around trying to find where we were; they were afraid I was in an accident. What really sucked, as a female, was they wouldn't let me shave my legs in the hospital (because of the razor) and I had to wait for chemo to kick in and the hair to come off. Then we were able to easily pull it out using hospital tape like waxing strips (the amazing things you find to do in a hospital when you're stuck there for over a month). My niece got diagnosed with AML this year, and she used the tape waxing thing too. She also was not able to save any eggs, and she is in her early 20s and was in college. You should be my PR person for adoption!