Ready for Big Round #2
So - all systems go for going back in the hospital for Big Round #2 - a big round or R-EPOCH starting tomorrow night. Had a meeting with Dr. Fowler and team and all is looking good. I handled the chemo well and they don't see any changes. They are happy that the lymph nodes have shrunk to nothing and that I don't have any pain - they are actually very pleasantly surprised. So 5 more days of chemo. But we are more prepared. Take the damn stool softener right from day 1 and take the anti-nausea starting on day three when it always seems to hit me. Keep the exercise going and get ready to watch some hoops. While this is going on - there is prep for the potential for STEM cell replacement if it is necessary. Because my cancer cells have mutated with two very bad traits - they are ultra fast growing and ultra hard to kill - the only real way to ensure I am cured and not just in remission temporarily is something called stem cell transplant. Because I have such an...