IMPORTANT HEALTH RELATED MESSAGE 5:
Hi! It's been a while! I'm still alive! So much has happened (good and bad) since my last update (which was forever ago)! I'll keep it short and summarized as best I can!
I'm currently around halfway-ish through my 2nd cycle of the IV drug (called blinatumomab), after having all of September as a break, due to bl00d counts being too low. My birthday also came and went (Oct 17th)! I'm in the 1st (of 4) stage of remission!!!!
The plan is, to finish this cycle around Nov 1st, then it's a 2 week 'break' even though I have appointments literally every other day/ every day.... I have my 3rd spinal tap and 3rd bone marrow biopsy scheduled for that first week of Nov.. then, around Thanksgiving, if I don't need a 3rd cycle of the IV drug, it'll be 1 week of high dose chemo (with the last 2 days of 4 sessions of radiation; 2 per day), then bone marrow/ stem cell transplant time (where i'll be in hospital for anywhere between 2 weeks to 1 month, or 2 months if there's complications). I'll be cancer free here soon! I can't wait!
Published: October 21st 2024, 6:35:24 am
IMPORTANT HEALTH RELATED MESSAGE 5:
Hi! It's been a while! I'm still alive! So much has happened (good and bad) since my last update (which was forever ago)! I'll keep it short and summarized as best I can!
I'm currently around halfway-ish through my 2nd cycle of the IV drug (called blinatumomab), after having all of September as a break, due to bl00d counts being too low. My birthday also came and went (Oct 17th)! I'm in the 1st (of 4) stage of remission!!!!
The plan is, to finish this cycle around Nov 1st, then it's a 2 week 'break' even though I have appointments literally every other day/ every day.... I have my 3rd spinal tap and 3rd bone marrow biopsy scheduled for that first week of Nov.. then, around Thanksgiving, if I don't need a 3rd cycle of the IV drug, it'll be 1 week of high dose chemo (with the last 2 days of 4 sessions of radiation; 2 per day), then bone marrow/ stem cell transplant time (where i'll be in hospital for anywhere between 2 weeks to 1 month, or 2 months if there's complications). I'll be cancer free here soon! I can't wait!