Sue arrived safely in Ravenswood, WV. She informed me there is a computer available for public use at the Ravenswood Public Library, courtesy of the Gates Foundation. Hmmmmm......I wonder if it's dial up?
We didn't have a phone in our parent's home in Ravenswood, until I went to college. Progress is slow in some parts of this great country. Our Grandmother was probably one of the last phone subscribers to have a party line. But that's another story.
My team at the City of Hope decided to bring out the big guns - six rounds of Hyper CVAD followed by an autologous stem cell transplant. I bounced back after each round of chemo, but my blood counts didn't.
After four rounds we called chemo quits and started collecting stem cells for the auto stem cell transplant. The harvesting took three tries, two drugs and eight weeks, but I finally eked out the minimum two million stem cells.
After megadoses of chemo, I received my stem cells on November 14 and 15, 2007. I bounced back almost immediately. Best of all, I achieved complete remission from the Mantle Cell Lymphoma.
In January 2008, I was hospitalized for 11 days for chemo-induced pneumonia. I bounced back.
In the summer of 2008, my eosinophils (a component of the white blood cells) rose to dangerous levels and infiltrated my lungs and GI tract. My weight dropped to 105 pounds, and I was incapacitated for nearly three months. Once again, I bounced back.
I continue to make monthly visits to the City of Hope for blood tests and check ups, quarterly visits for maintenance Rituxan and semi-annual visits for scans.
I'm still in remission and have more energy than ever. And about that perfect purse? I keep looking.
5 comments:
Don't forget to bring back the prized Mayo! Enjoy the visit home.
Have a very relaxing and enjoyable time... eating gravy hmmmmm :)
Will miss you.
I'm sure Ninnie Choo Choo will eaves drop and comment using my computer. Who knows, maybe post another family photo.
Oh, yes. Sue will return home with three jars of the prized mayo! Duke's has a very long shelf life.
Have a wonderful trip!! I'll miss your blogging and hope you cannot stay away from your brother's computer :-) Hugs,e
Sue arrived safely in Ravenswood, WV. She informed me there is a computer available for public use at the Ravenswood Public Library, courtesy of the Gates Foundation. Hmmmmm......I wonder if it's dial up?
We didn't have a phone in our parent's home in Ravenswood, until I went to college. Progress is slow in some parts of this great country. Our Grandmother was probably one of the last phone subscribers to have a party line. But that's another story.
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