gall bladder removal. if they do it they will cut me open they say. i say yikes.

Fun Fact: Yesterday in my transplant I got 11 million cells PER kilogram of my body weight, I weigh 77 kilograms.

I got 847 MILLION cells this transplant. Last time i didn't even get half that.

So this is what a REAL transplant feels like. I like it.

freshly marrowed #2. Pray this one works.

freshly marrowed

Never in a million years did I think my life would be Hospital visits all the time.

Back in for observation. So I don't get an infection. Had a CT scan, those things are creepy.

Josh got tested today to be my match. We need to really cross our fingers he is because apparently I am a rare breed and only have a few matches on the donor list which we need to test further.

At Cedars for my second consolidation chemo. It is going....slowly but surely I will be cured of this awful disease. Josh is being sent home to be tested for my transplant. Martin was not a match and that bummed everyone out but hey, at least I have another brother that can be tested and we are all so happy that he will be coming home early from

Yesterday I had my first outpatient appointment at Olive View-UCLA Medical Center. They took my blood and my counts look really good. They are going to do another bone marrow biopsy on Friday to make sure that the last one was accurate and that I truely am in remission. Then I will be admitted to the hospital (Olive View) on Monday for my ( Read more... )

Out of here any day now. Then I come back in a few week for consolidation chemo. And when they find a low risk match for my bone marrow transplant iI come back and do that. They will test my brothers first. We are just waiting for my insurance to approve that. :)

Remission...Fuck you leukemia, you fucked with the wrong bitch. I kicked your ass. Now I can do anything! Of course after I get discharged which will probably be friday or the weekend. Once my white blood cells recover.