July 26
I've just received word from my doctor that a matching bone marrow donor has been found! Woo Hoo!
I don't have any information about the person, whether they're from Canada or elsewhere, etc. But I do know that they don't inform recipients of a match until they've done additional screening for more matching factors, screened for donor health issues, and got an Intent to Donate signature from the prospective donor. So the fact that this has happened in three months is pretty good.
The transplant wont happen for a few months though. I need to have my blast cells at a lower level, and that will require more cycles of my current treatment. In fact, we don't yet know how effective this treatment is since I haven't had any blood tests since - I'm going tomorrow to fix that.
WOO HHHOOOOO!!!!
ReplyDeleteGreat news!!!
We all here at WRK are overjoyed for you. Hulk says he has tried to post several times but has issues all the time. I tried to tell him how to do it but you know "Hulk smash". He wants you to know that he is extremely happy for you.
Well now I feel like we are travelling at an improbability rate of 1:1 again.
Gratz
WRKAH
Oh - BTW
ReplyDeleteI don't think you ever settled the hair vote off. What happened?
Are you more Yoda or Bruce Willis?
WRKAH
Bruce-ish. But is now getting longer, maybe 3mm! I'll post something about this eventually.
DeleteCMC
I'd say Yoda with Bruce-balls! Let their be rejoicing and muchos gratitude to the Bone Marrow Donor Registry!
DeleteAmazing, fantastic news. I am elated.
ReplyDeleteHi Sr.,
ReplyDeleteIts the Hulk smash guy from that place you use to visit, just saying HI. I'm happy to hear the good news. Hope to see you sooner then later, the "place" is not the same, we need someone to give out proper geek points. The new geek points guy (Mr. Beard) isn't anywhere as good at geek history and knowledge like you:>
CMC,
ReplyDeleteSpoke to WIF today and following our mundane discussions around forms and paperwork and such (please let us know if you require any assistance on any of it, btw) she informed me of this blog's existence so I've just spent a most illuminating hour getting up to speed on how you're doing.
One request: Do you have an update on what happened to the hair situation?
I'm happy to hear of your progress and look forward to checking in here to get further updates.
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