It is a milestone of sorts: I had my last chemo treatment of this round today (Sept 21). We are thankful that by all counts it is going well(literally counts --of white cells and hemoglobin and "kappa" cells and ...about 30 more important counts)
What's next? What are we praying about?
What's next? What are we praying about?
- October will be about stimulating my body to give up some healthy stem cells and then the process of harvesting those cells.
- November will be the challenging month as there will be three weeks of strong chemo and isolation.
- At the end of November, by God's grace, the stem cells will be transplanted and begin building new bone marrow. Perhaps by Christmas, the word "remission" will begin to creep into our conversation and the isolation can be relaxed!
Thanks for joining us in some specific prayers about this next part of the journey. It is both exciting and scary. It gives us great strength to know that others keep the faith and thus we do not journey alone.
#thankful
#thankful
Good to be able to put first phase on the "done pile"! Continued prayers for good counts and good courage. Great pic of the two of you, btw. -Margaret VG
ReplyDeleteThanks! Credit for the picture goes to Louisa Bruinsma.
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