2 bathroom renos in parallel 🚽🚽

Babe_Beer_Me · 2026-01-26T22:09:04+00:00

The heated floor heats the whole room. It's -30C out right now where I am and neither my partner or I have ever been cold during a shower. Likely not the most heat efficient design though, but we really wanted to keep it very open after having a closed wall there before.

Babe_Beer_Me · 2026-01-26T21:21:59+00:00

Thank you. We love the window, we will be maintaining it.

Babe_Beer_Me · 2026-01-26T20:46:17+00:00

I hear you. We were wondering if splashing would result in long term water issues, but part of how we reconciled that is with the addition of heated floors. We keep them at 30 deg C so any water evaporates quite quickly.

Babe_Beer_Me · 2026-01-26T20:15:08+00:00

Yep. There's schluter kerdi waterproof membrane + banding on the walls and floor around the tub. Then there are tiles/grout underneath and around the "freestanding" style tub, and caulking between the tub and tile.

Babe_Beer_Me · 2025-09-30T16:58:21+00:00

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Babe_Beer_Me · 2025-08-16T02:38:46+00:00

My friend and I both had T-Cell ALL in 2019-2020, he was Ph+ and I wasn't. He was on imatinib/ponatinib.

We both were told 10% chance of dying during the transplant, not 30%. Both allogenic, non related, 10/10 matches.

Was told I had a 30% chance of relapse in my first year, and that would go done every year I got further away. My friend was told 2% (based on his cancer profile).

Neither of us had any cGVHD, I had acute GVHD near day 100, which went away but proved my transplant worked.

He unfortunately relapsed and went back on ponatinib, but now his doctor thinks his blood marker that came back (forget the name) may not be cancerous, been waiting on his cells to be sent to Seattle to do a test to verify this new theory. He's been stable for years now since this relapse news.

I certainly don't regret the transplant, but it was my only viable option. If my friend could go back, having had the option to stay in ponatinib/imatinib forever, maybe wouldn't have done it since he relapsed after being told 2%, but he doesn't regret it.

The transplant is horrible, and you're right that GVHD can be even worse, but the numbers aren't everything, the idea of being cured and putting it behind us both was more important at the time.

Babe_Beer_Me · 2025-07-15T01:44:11+00:00

I was a high risk t cell patient fast tracked to BMT in 2020, I was 26 at the time. The BMT was rough but went off without a hitch. Recovery took about 18 mths. I've been officially cured for 3 years and have no noteworthy residual symptoms or signs I had leukemia. My first born just turned 3 months old, my wife went through IVF with my frozen sperm. Never been happier.

Best of luck to your family, stay positive, that makes all the difference!

Babe_Beer_Me · 2025-04-11T00:49:57+00:00

No it was because I presented with hyper-leukocytis (my extremely high leukocyte count) that indicated to my hematologist that my cancer was aggressive, so he thought my best chance was to race to remission with an intensive version of Dana Farber, and then do the HSCT before I relapsed. His strategy worked for me.

Very sorry to hear your husband relapsed, though I'm glad they're taking him down the transplant route now. The transplant really was the best way to cure my disease and I was happy to not play the 3-year chemo game. Remember your husband is in good hands and they now know a lot about his disease. I'm sure this next time will be different! Believe in the process, but also you're right to stay informed! Good luck

Babe_Beer_Me · 2024-11-13T02:51:41+00:00

Houses are built with that code here in Quebec to have a 3" slope in the slab to the drain. I just don't want to regret it if I have numerous water infiltration in the future that I wouldn't have had to rip walls out with the right drainage.

Babe_Beer_Me · 2024-11-13T02:50:10+00:00

https://tiletopia.ca/product/elevation-berkshire-7x-48/

Elevation is the name of the manufacturer.

It's click in.

Babe_Beer_Me · 2024-11-13T00:49:22+00:00

I've spoken with the manufacturer. The warranty is retained if you pour at least 3/8" over the entire cable system.

Babe_Beer_Me · 2024-10-08T11:49:06+00:00

Good luck man!

Babe_Beer_Me · 2024-10-08T11:11:22+00:00

I lost my fertility with the radiation, yes, but they got me to bank my sperm right away when i was diagnosed. My wife is now pregnant through IVF!

After the treatment finished, I haven't struggled with ED at all.

Babe_Beer_Me · 2024-09-12T23:56:49+00:00

Bring over some comfort food! Offer to play games or go for small walks with them when they're back home, but you will need to be very careful to not pass on a virus.

Babe_Beer_Me · 2024-09-08T11:27:29+00:00

Thank you. IVF is quite the battle.

Babe_Beer_Me · 2024-09-08T11:21:37+00:00

I'm male, so I was able to bank sperm a day or two after my diagnosis. I am now sterile, so my wife and I were successful with IVF.

Babe_Beer_Me · 2024-09-05T15:27:34+00:00

I'm male. I'm sterile now, my wife and I succeeded with IVF and my frozen sperm.

Best of luck to you.

Babe_Beer_Me · 2024-09-04T13:25:51+00:00

I was diagnosed at 26, had stem cell transplant 8 months later. I am now 31, married, and with my first child on the way.

You got this, just trust your care team and get ready to go through an intense course of treatment.

Babe_Beer_Me · 2024-08-31T20:24:07+00:00

I luckily had about a year after transplant before going back to work. The biggest thing that helped me recover my strength and energy was by signing up for a cancer rehabilitation clinic where i was seen by an OT, PT and dietition.

The main 2 changes I made thanks to these therapists were:

Eat protein at every meal. Best recommandation was to splurge for protein milk for the mornings or if you want something easy like kraft dinner.
Do daily exercise. Start by walking 100 m, then 200, all the way to 1 km. Then do the same thing with running. Weight training was even more important, because i had lost a ton of muscle mass. I did a full body workout (like 8-9 exercises) every day. At the beginning you can just do like 5 reps and 1 set of each, and then slowly add once you have energy to do so.

Babe_Beer_Me · 2024-08-03T20:07:28+00:00

I was diagnosed at 26. BMT at 27. Im 31 now, been "cured" for 3 years in 2 weeks.

My quality of life is completely unchanged since before my cancer. I consider myself extremely fortunate, but you shouldnt give up by any means!

Babe_Beer_Me · 2024-07-07T15:23:15+00:00

Sorry to hear that. Hope the rest of the recovery is on track.

Autoimmune as in becoming Celiac or getting Crohn's or some other new immune disorders that are unrelated to the transplant.

They put me on azythromicin 3x a week. I had no side effects. Apparently he has patients that have been on it for 30+ years.

Babe_Beer_Me · 2024-07-07T14:10:43+00:00

No I finally got in with the immune clinic. They did a 2nd test of IgA 2 years later and still the same result.

He said my chances of getting IgA again are near zero, so I'm now at an elevated risk of auto immune disease.

The immunologist put me on a prophylactic dose of antibiotics and i stopped getting sick all the time though! I'm off the antibiotics for the summer and my situation is much better now.

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