People are beginning to complain about me going off the grid. The last week I received 3 units of blood, playlets, a CT scan and another bone marrow biopsy. The doc is topping me off before the 2A chemo on 7/15-7/20. I'll see her 3:00 Monday to hear test results. When I was admitted in May the under current to everything was negative: we don't know what to do, you have a genetic expression for a very aggressive leukemia, we've never seen this kind of transformation before. Under best case I was looking at a 40% cure rate and the doc sounded a lot more negative than that. Then, they started chemo and my blood numbers and biopsy results all looked great. I handled the chemo without a sweat, save two nights of nightmares and bouts of frantic peeing. I went in very ill, but in great shape. Now I expect to hear that I am in remission and scheduled for a bone marrow transplant, but I have essentially been in bed for 45 days and feel like crap. I seem to maintain a low grade (99.6 temp) which annoys me. I am either shivering or sweating. The next round of chemo scares me more than the first two rounds. Time will tell. My odds now are more like 60%. Yea, that means there is a 40% chance the transplant doesn't work and the leukemia comes back and I die within 18 months. Sherry and I feel blessed to be where we are. I will post a Bible study I did a couple years ago soon and hope some of you will find it encouraging. I'll post again Monday night.
It's been a good time of year to be ill...the Tour D'France and World Cup have been on a lot.
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