I think that I have our housing nailed down. There will be a studio apartment available at the Union Bay Apartments right away when we get to Seattle. We are going to take that and we can move as soon as a one bedroom becomes available if we want to. It is cheaper than the one bedroom by about $400 a month so if something happens to our funding we will just tough it out there. We don't have to pay any utilities. The gal says that it is a fairly large suite. Union Bay has a roof deck, BBQ, community room with big screen TV and an exercise room. There are many transplant patients staying there too. I was checking into getting a condo but was not having much luck. This is better as I won't have to deal with traffic and driving on the number 5. Bob B. phoned today and he goes to Seattle every couple of months. He said that the number 5 is awful especially when it rains and that it becomes impossible to see and that if one car hits another usually it ends up being a twenty car pile up. He takes the side roads instead. We will be taking his advise. He will be out in January and will stop by. I am going to check my E-mail right now and get registered for that apartment. Things are looking up.
Thursday, October 30, 2008
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Hi Christine- My mom stayed at the Union Bay through much of my transplant, while my girlfriend and I were at Pete Gross. It's a really nice place, two blocks closer to the clinic than Pete Gross and she always found the management helpful. I loved the light from the huge windows at Pete Gross, which her place at Union Bay didn't equal, and Pete Gross has a nice cancer-conscious community vibe, but for some that's a downside. Pete Gross also doesn't have any exercise facilities like Union Bay. Either way, these are great places.
If you have any questions about a transplant in Seattle from a mm patient's perspective, there should be an email address on my profile, please don't hesitate to be in touch.
I will say that I was terrified before the transplant and now I wonder what I was worried about. Part of that is just good fortune, but part of it is also how good the people at SCCA are.
Oh, and to answer your question I got really lucky when I got diagnosed, before any bone or kidney damage -- I went in for a physical after having a lot of colds. A very, very sharp and dedicated doctor noticed abnormal protein levels on my bloodwork and kept testing it until she figured out it was from myeloma.
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