Graft vs Host Disease
The transplant was successful. But that’s just the beginning…
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We Have Engraftment!
A pause to celebrate!
Day 14
We’ve hit a low point.
Tell Me More About Transplants
All about Michael’s Bone Marrow Transplant!
Michael’s Medical Journal: Neutropenic Diet
What can I eat? Not what you’d expect!
Day Zero: A Quick Update
Michael’s initial transplant happened as planned on Wednesday June 25, with a second transplant happening the following day on June 26th. Our youngest son Benjamin had three days of injections in the morning and evening to stimulate production of hematopoietic stem cells within his bone marrow, which were then
In Sickness and in Health
Life is hard. Marriage is easy. At least when you’re married to Michael.
All Systems Go
The countdown to transplant day has officially begun.
Fever! (All Through the Night)
Feeling hot, hot, hot…
Plucky Hard
I needed a lot of pluck this week!
Here We Go!
We’ve got a date for a transplant!
Michael’s Medical Journal: Brain Radiation
Last week I completed my brain radiation treatments, a total of eight sessions! I have Mixed Phenotype Acute Leukemia, so I get treatment for both Myeloid and Lymphoblastic types of cancer. We learned Lymphoblastic Leukemia cells like to gravitate into the Central Nervous System (brain and spinal fluid) and hang
Leukemia 101
A gentle primer on the unique cancer we’re dealing with.
Add Oil!
You can’t always get what you want, especially when it comes to certainty!
Michael’s Medical Journal: Diagnosis and Round One of Chemotherapy
Information = Knowledge = Understanding. Tracking my stats gives me a small sense of control in a very uncontrollable situation!
Back to Before
How did we get here?
Michael’s Medical Journal
Let’s dive into the details of my cancer treatment. I’m a project manager who deals with data and deadlines. Not much about this has gone according to plan, but I’m recording it all. I’m just coming to the end of Round Four (of an expected eight
The Price of Life
I had planned to write about the cost of cancer treatment in Hong Kong a few weeks from now, along with the differences in the Hong Kong public and private healthcare systems. But today we find ourselves in the midst of making an impossible financial decision with a deadline of
(P)lucky Day
Welcome to the first edition of our brand new publication — Plucky Day! Our family had some truly extraordinary experiences during our five years living in Shanghai. The city is a dazzling, futuristic landscape bursting with millions of people from all over China and the rest of the world. Every day