Yesterday was my second day on Campth. They say that the first day of Campath gives you the worst reaction, so I hoped that I wouldn't feel so drowsy. Indeed, I didn't suffer from the same lightheadedness as the day before. However, I developed a rash on my legs and lower back after the Campath finished. This I was told was a possible reaction to the drug, and I was given something to counter it. Things were going fine until the evening when I began to feel fluey again.

This time it was stronger than the previous day, and by 10pm I was really out of it with a temperature of 38.8c. Since the body is being flooded with all these drugs it reacts with them producing these fevers. Not every one reacts in the same way, some hardly have any reaction at all, whilst others can experience a severe reaction. Again after taking some paracetamol I began to feel better and this morning was feeling pretty good.

The rash surfaced again this morning even though I hadn't started the Campath. The doctors think it is a reaction to the antibiotics, so I've been prescribed a different antibiotic. Also the dressing around the hickman line was changed for the first time today, and I was able to get a look at where the tube goes in through the skin; it isn't that pretty.

The radiographer came round this morning to take some measurements of my body in preparation to the total body irradiation (TBI). He went over the basics, such as the duration of each session and how many sessions there would be. I'll put more information up in a few more days since I'll be seeing another person from the department. It feels very strange talking about the TBI knowing that it'll be the last thing I have to go through before receiving the new marrow, and that it will kill my body a little each time.

In the meantime as I'm writing I'm attached to my Campath drip feeling a little spaced out but nothing to serious. I expecting to get a fever later on this afternoon or evening, but also hoping that I won't.