Hello. Hello. Is this thing on?
Well, it’s been a hot minute since I said hello. I don’t even know if I remember how to do this whole blog thing anymore. So here goes… A lot…
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My Cancer Story
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September 1, 2017 I was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia. I went through 5 rounds of chemo. Spent almost one year in remission, no chemo, no hospital stays. Then in February 2019, I relapsed. More chemo. Radiation. A bone marrow transplant. This is my story. (in reverse)
All My Favorite Things – Cancer Edition
If you search around the internet or ask the Facebook world what to give a Cancer patient that is in-patient for an extended period of time, you’ll get a great…
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If Not Now, Then When
So, yeah, about that little treacherous bike ride. I haven’t done a ton of movement, obviously, for the last year. June 1, a friend posted one of those little 30…
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Oh hi, bike.
So, I went on a 15 mile bike ride and about died. OK, unfair. But, seriously. When did I get so out of shape? Oh…. wait…. I know. It was…
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One Year Later
One year later. Can you believe it’s been a year. One year, the day I was supposed to be back to normal. The day that life would change. Right? Well,…
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Documenting the Hard Stuff
Hi. It’s been awhile. Things have been good. Labs mostly look good. I go in for an echocardiogram today because some of my labs are showing that I might be…
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Things Are Kinda Crappy | Side Effects of Chemo and Radiation have set in
Day +8 (photo above day +6) Let me just start by saying, the diarrhea they talk about. Well, it’s come and gone. Once I tested negative for C-diff, I was…
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Birthday Day!
Day 0 Stem cell day. It’s pretty anticlimactic. They basically bring a tiny little bag of cells and transfuse. It barely takes any time. And then… you wait. Once my…
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Day -6 | So far so good.
Saturday | Day -6 So far so good. Last day of chemo today. Tomorrow I get a break and then the four days of radiation. Still feeling pretty good. No…
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Last Day Home
Wednesday | Day -9 Day 0 is June 7. Transplant Day. Tomorrow is the day. I get admitted at 8am. Getting my line in. Starting chemo. I’ll have three days…
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