I go back into the hospital Monday, 7/9, for a 2nd bone marrow transplant. Please let me thank all of you who have been so supportive during my illness. I will be in the hospita for 2-3 weeks. The worst of it is nights in the hospital. The nurses come around just about every time we fall soundly asleep to check vitals, administer meds, and such. The bmt itself isn't as bad as it sounds, I felt like I had a bad hangover for about a month and a half. Not nice, but it could be worse. All things considered, I really have no complaints. I'll by 59 Aug 5th, and aside from this cancer, I have been healthy, sickeningly healthy my whole life. This, despite the fact that I have not lived a healthy lifestyle. I started smoking when i was 11, as a trucker, almost everything I ate was dripping with grease, I've overindulged with alcohol, drugs and women, and now, other than cancer, I am in good health. My heart lungs, kidneys, prostate, liver, etc., all in good shape. I have a 2 mile route I walk with my dogs 4-5 times a day, and frequently, in hot weather, I'll walk another 5 miles without the dogs,, because it gets too hot for them. If anyone has an extra team they don't want and would like to donate it, that would be awesome. My phone number is 484-788-8186, anyone who would like to call, 24/7, I would love to hear from you. Please remember me in your prayers, I am certain many prayers have been answered in my behalf, and I thank you for them. Ultimately, nothing matters, other than God, our friends, and the people we love. I hope I can leave that as my legacy.

Thanks for the update.   Good luck and you remain in my prayers.

Thinking of you, pk.  Monday, I go in for my first follow-up CT scan, six months after completing chemo - there IS a light at the end of the tunnel, and it's not always an oncoming train (or, in your case, truck).

Pinotfan, you are always in my prayers. Honestly, day to day, my life isn't bad at all, in any way. I wish there was a cure for me, but it is treatable, so...

Good luck, tell those nurses to use common sense and stop waking people up.  I recently read an article about a research study that said that hospitals are terrible about keeping people awake, therefore actually making patients worse.  Tell the hospital to read the study.