Progress! Home for a Weekend!

Finally some movement! Had a great visit today at Stanford. My numbers were good and my body is slowly feeling stronger. No rashes, nausea, diarrhea, etc...anyway, the good doctor finally gave me approval to go home on the weekends! My life was sort of hitting the doldrums...it was Bill Murray and 'Groundhog Day' all over again.  On Day +60 (60 days since transplant) I'm going to start pestering them to allow me to commute from Sacramento.  As it is now I walk to the clinic on my own, drive everywhere independently, cook, clean, manage meds, and even flush my port.  I am a damn Rock!....sort of. The one thing I fear, even more than the chemo/radiation/transplant, is this graft versus host disease (GVHD).  Any type of infection (internal/external causes) can lead to the GVHD.  If I get that then I'm in trouble...and supposedly this will be a danger for at least the next five years.  Anyway, this is supposed to be a celebration! Everything is still positive. My numbers are good, I'm eating well, and my body is holding up. Sometime next week I'll see if commuting is a possibility -  that would be a nice two month gift.

Relaxing at the clinic. I get my blood drawn and then have to wait an hour for the results to come in. Today I needed magnesium which takes about an hour to drip. In the meantime I catch a little espn and listen in on peoples conversations.

I'm home! Still having to wear the mask but free to be away from Stanford.  My prediction: By next week (or by August) I will be a commuter to Palo Alto.