Chimerisms. In Greek Mythology there was a monster that was comprised of three or more monsters. Usually it had the head of a lion, the body of a goat, the wings of a dragon, and a tail that was a snake with the head coming out of the end. THere’s many variations of this creature …
Today is my dad’s birthday. He would have been 76 today. He passed away 2 years ago. Some days it still hits me hard that he isn’t here. Today is one of those days. I miss his strength and his calm presence. My dad never really had much to say but his words were always …
My original admission date for my bone marrow transplant date had been set for May the 4th (the force was obviously not with me). I had set my last day of work and was going to take a few days to pack and spend with family before I embarked on a thirty day stay in …
Yesterday was Day +60 from my bone marrow transplant (BMT). We’ll retest my chimerisms to see how well the engraftment is going and hopefully see some improvement in my T-cell percentages. My platelets have dropped a bit so there has been some testing to see if there are any underlying viruses that might be attributing …
