Monday, June 6, 2011
'Bout time for an update
Been busy celebrating birthdays. Celebrating good news too .. that the azecitidine (chemo drug) is battling the cancer. With the unexpected quick and good response to the drug they think it may be working to give the donor system a boost fighting the disease as well as knocking down the cancer itself. The bone marrow is looking a heck of a lot better than it did at Xmas time. The plan is that "when your on a good thing, stick to it" so they want to continue monthly cycles of chemo for a least a few more cycles and see what happens. We did delay the next round though because they want the neutrophil count to be recovered a bit before knocking it down again so have to wait until it reaches a certain theshold. Still requiring red blood topups but otherwise just the usual trips to Stanford and feeling pretty good overall.
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Grant Donating!!
Grant Donating his Stem Cells
Lizzie's Birthday
Andrew. Lizzie, Alice, Penny, Angus
Lizzie b'day (Sept 28)
Happy Birthday to Lizzie
Dear Andrew,
ReplyDeleteGood to hear you are responding well to the chemo. Miss seeing you and your family at my sister Maritza's house. We are sending Zephone to Australia at the end of the month! She cannot wait to snorkel the Great Barrier Reef. Any suggestions? We all hope for your speedy convalescence. Love and Best Wishes, James Lew And family
Well, I did my best to fill your spotter role with Bruce at Last Chance. He did let on, tho, that I'm not half as funny as you and that you were missed. Was good to see Penny up there, tho we hardly had a moment to talk. Looking forward to your next update and hope that the progress is continuing.
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