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
Life is hard. Marriage is easy. At least when you’re married to Michael.
The countdown to transplant day has officially begun.
Feeling hot, hot, hot…
I needed a lot of pluck this week!
We’ve got a date for a transplant!
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
A gentle primer on the unique cancer we’re dealing with.
You can’t always get what you want, especially when it comes to certainty!
Information = Knowledge = Understanding. Tracking my stats gives me a small sense of control in a very uncontrollable situation!
How did we get here?
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