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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMy last update on my cancer treatment
Let me start by saying thank-you to all who sent prayers, good vibes, healing thoughts and more my way.
When I last posted about my Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) I was a few days post-transplant and the full effect had not hit me. The RNs told me I was going to get very sick, I believed them. Because I felt so great, I did not think I was going to get as sick as they said. I couldn't have been more wrong. There were 4-5 days when I could not even walk across the street from my hotel room for my daily check in at the hospital. I had to use a wheelchair. And let's just say nausea patches were a game changer.
2-1/2 weeks post-transplant I was released to go home. I will say going from being unable to walk, to packing the car and heading home is a testament to my Drs, RNs, PAs and the rest of the transplant team. They get all the credit. I just did what they told me to do.
I did go back to JHH For a Bone Marrow biopsy, which prompted this post.
The results are nothing short of astonishing. I am in remission. A remission so deep, they don't know how to test any deeper.
I still go to my Oncologist in my home state and my blood work keeps getting better and better.
Even better I started getting revaccinated with all those childhood vaccines last month. 6 shots. I have 2 more years before I am fully vaccinated again. I was given the okay to get revaccinated for Covid.
I finally had that beer.
oldtime dfl_er
(6,931 posts)So happy for you!
OnDoutside
(19,962 posts)Mr.Bill
(24,308 posts)Good to hear you are well.
XanaDUer2
(10,698 posts)OAITW r.2.0
(24,528 posts)Skittles
(153,169 posts)skylucy
(3,739 posts)MerryBlooms
(11,770 posts)MLAA
(17,308 posts)Nevilledog
(51,152 posts)Savor the beer.
mercuryblues
(14,536 posts)When the Dr told me I could have a beer or an occasional glass of wine I looked at her funny.
What I really was trying to do was figure out how I was going to open up a bottle of wine and only drink a glass.
Scrivener7
(50,957 posts)Congratulations. You made my night.
bronxiteforever
(9,287 posts)This is great. May your health keep improving everyday!!!
BadgerMom
(2,771 posts)Such very good news. Congratulations.
yonder
(9,668 posts)I'll have one for you while wishing a hale and hearty recovery.
Cheers!
Handler
(336 posts)Wicked Blue
(5,841 posts)wnylib
(21,528 posts)a kennedy
(29,682 posts)spanone
(135,854 posts)DownriverDem
(6,230 posts)for you. The relief you feel must be enormous.
Chicagogrl1
(419 posts)Such great news!!
Midnight Writer
(21,771 posts)50 Shades Of Blue
(10,029 posts)Lonestarblue
(10,030 posts)I hope your recovery continues to be excellent. Cancer is a nasty disease. Its wonderful that modern medicine can achieve great results. Keep us updated on your progress.
BittyJenkins
(411 posts)That is wonderful. Keep on keeping on and have fun too!
🎉
Tanuki
(14,919 posts)So glad to hear your wonderful news! It really helps put all my minor woes and hassles in perspective! Best wishes for a bright future...we live in wondrous times in so many ways.
yortsed snacilbuper
(7,939 posts)Good luck.
Delphinus
(11,835 posts)Congratulations! I am so happy to hear this.
gademocrat7
(10,664 posts)Take care. 💙
pazzyanne
(6,556 posts)The wonders of modern medicine are great! Wishing you a long and healthy life.
bluescribbler
(2,120 posts)TeamProg
(6,163 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,613 posts)You definitely should be celebrating...of course within your doctor's limits!
Great news!!!
bobnicewander
(806 posts)Enjoy your life.
fierywoman
(7,686 posts)Sogo
(4,988 posts)Like getting "a new lease on life", as they say....
Happy for you!!!
druidity33
(6,446 posts)malaise
(269,096 posts)Scalded Nun
(1,236 posts)electric_blue68
(14,923 posts)Solly Mack
(90,776 posts)wendyb-NC
(3,328 posts)Keep on healing, and enjoying life.
HootieMcBoob
(3,823 posts)So great to hear this! Best wishes as you continue to heal and recuperate!
yardwork
(61,676 posts)TygrBright
(20,763 posts)boston bean
(36,223 posts)Karadeniz
(22,543 posts)dchill
(38,511 posts)Bluethroughu
(5,173 posts)It's time to live it up.
karin_sj
(811 posts)Thank you for sharing it with us. I'm really happy for you.
Cheers!
DFW
(54,415 posts)As the husband of a two time cancer victim, I know the emotional roller coaster ride.
As for the beer, have mine, too, since I never touch the stuff!
Hekate
(90,740 posts)peacebuzzard
(5,175 posts)I am soo happy for you! What a great turn you are making!
mahina
(17,681 posts)Hooray!!!!
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Yesterday Jimmy Carter turned 98, several years after modern medicine beat metastatic melanoma to the brain and liver. Incredible. You're both part of great advances for mankind. Many more to come.
murielm99
(30,749 posts)I am so happy for you.
choie
(4,111 posts)n/t
mgardener
(1,817 posts)What wonderful news!
Buckeye_Democrat
(14,855 posts)Dorian Gray
(13,497 posts)congratulations and celebrations!
dixiechiken1
(2,113 posts)So, so happy for you. Congratulations! ❤️
lark
(23,134 posts)I am so happy for you. Enjoy your life!
niyad
(113,474 posts)farmbo
(3,122 posts)Joinfortmill
(14,441 posts)70sEraVet
(3,505 posts)Treat it as such. Enjoy every minute of it!
IbogaProject
(2,816 posts)I'm happy for you. Really follow the info during your revaccination time.
AmBlue
(3,112 posts)So happy for you! Wow.... amazing.
Demsrule86
(68,617 posts)Snackshack
(2,541 posts)I can only imagine what the path you have traveled on has been like.
I cared for my mother when she had cancer until she passed. Earlier this year my legs and feet started to swell up because water in my body was not being expelled. A CT scan showed my Lymph Nodes in the groin area are swollen to 2-3cm. My Dr. told me when he saw the scan that that is normally indicative of cancer. After surgery to remove a Lymph node for a biopsy.
The pathology report showed that the lymph node are reacting too something
what I still do not know but I can stay unequivocally the other morning when the Dr. told me that it wasnt cancer that old saying that it felt like the weight of the world was lifted from my shoulders is exactly what hearing that felt like.
Congratulations to you again it is wonderful news to hear your cancer is in remission!
mercuryblues
(14,536 posts)causing that.
It took almost 2 months for them to diagnose me. I can say it was also a relief, even though the news was bad. Because now I knew what path to take to get better. I knew what I was up against and how to fight the disease, not just the symptoms.
flying_wahini
(6,624 posts)So happy for you!
Demovictory9
(32,465 posts)pandr32
(11,594 posts)Congratulations!
crickets
(25,981 posts)CaptainTruth
(6,597 posts)sueh
(1,826 posts)ancianita
(36,112 posts)onecaliberal
(32,876 posts)chia
(2,244 posts)good health. I'm so happy for your wellbeing.
Ruby the Liberal
(26,219 posts)And I hope that beer tasted amazing.
highplainsdem
(49,012 posts)mercuryblues
(14,536 posts)You were here for me when I needed to rant and vent. You talked me down when I was so mad, I was spitting nails.
You shared your trials, sympathized and encouraged me. I was not alone. The isolation you feel going through a transplant can be overwhelming. Especially during Covid. You are DU at its finest.
you deserve to hear the good news.