Cleaning Up!

I'm finally leaving Palo Alto! Per my agreement with my doctors, I am free to commute from Galt starting next week!   Tomorrow is day 80 post transplant. Possibly the hardest 80 days of my life (the first 80 days in Peace Corps is a very close second)! It may be my last day at the transfusion center - On Tuesday I'm scheduled for a biopsy and then on Friday I have my port taken out (the port is a plastic tube that runs from the right side of my chest all the way to the heart -- when I needed blood, platelets, meds, etc. they would give them to me via the port rather than through an IV in the arm - The best thing about this is no more taping and covering up before a shower -- its all natural for now on!). Starting the week after this I will be seen by my regular doctor (Dr. Arai) at the clinic. It will probably mean a 1 hour appointment rather than the 3 hours I've been averaging at the ITA (transfusion center).

Ok, got to go -- need to clean up this apartment. For the last month or so I have been living alone and really neglected the cleaning -- time to pay the piper...ok - take care and we'll see you soon!