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Re: August is GreatSwami's monthThanks jwallisca for the post. (Taken from my facebook status updates). Dates are now more or less fixed. I get admitted to the TBCC (Tom Baker Cancer Centre) Bone Marrow Transplant Ward 57B for the start of my "preparations" on the 28th July (this is the harsh chemo cycles and full body radiation to take down my own bone marrow cells) ready for "day zero" on the 5th August - the day I get the transfused allogenic bone marrow stem cells from my anonymous World bank donor... I hope they like their new home and multiply like bunny rabbits! As mentioned in my facebook update copied by my good friend John and pasted here there is a 1 in 5 chance of getting something really bad in the collateral damage department during the preparation process itself - there is no way of knowing a priori which side of this probability fence I will fall into - but as Jim Morrison is famously quoted as having stated - life itself is a strange virus with a 100% fatality rate! ("No one gets out of here alive!") I am told I am a good candidate due to my current excellent response to treatments to date - my future donor match is quite good (?) - and its already a miracle I have made it this far anyway - wasn't supposed to have done so!!! It is truly rather surreal to be feeling as good as I have these past couple of months and yet understanding that without these further interventions (Plan B) that such well being will evaporate very quickly over the months ahead such that even delaying this treatment (with all its risks) for the short to medium term is not really a viable rational option. Assuming I am around to type further nonsense later on - I am comforted by the fact that there is only about a 33% chance of getting a moderate to severe GVHR issue (Graft Versus Host Rejection) with even the best of an allogenic stem cell match. Supposedly much of this can be managed through long term use of powerful immuno-suppressant drugs - but it could be (will be) a rough ride both for the short term and possibly for much longer too? (I'll try to fall on that 67% side of that fence if I can...) Just wish to say that this journey through life has been a real slice so far - and I look forward to what the future may yet bring once I squeeze through all the darker tunnels and labyrinths ahead... I will be somewhat silent on these BBs for the next few months - the time ahead is becoming rather compressed and what there is of it belongs more properly to those closest to me. I will (?) update my fb status from time to time as a way of reaching my extended family and John will copy what he wishes from that to add here. See you all on the far side. GS (Justin) |
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13856 | Re: August is GreatSwami's month - The Far side "Really" ;) | jwallisca | 1 | 6/17/2016 10:17:40 AM |