Reconnected

It’s been a long time coming…and I am sorry. Unfortunately some things in cancer treatments are unpredictable, and these little bumps can disconnect us from each other. I have been away from so long because first we moved into a new apartment and it takes awhile to get internet hooked-up. Also, I developed rash which turned out to be shingles, which is a second outbreak of chicken pox. This can be extremely painful, and potentially dangerous. Fortunately I had a very mild case and caught it very early and we were able to treat it successfully. This caused me to be put into isolation, which amongst other inconveniences kept me away from the internet. Obviously, I am connected again and I will try to keep up my usual load of entries.
Because of the shingles onslaught we also had to stall beginning chemotherapy. Most of you know that I was on my way to transplant, but I still have about 1% of blasts in my marrow. Normally, this would be acceptable to go on with the transplant, but the docs feel that my tumor is too aggressive and they want my marrow completely clean.
Again, because my disease is aggressive my doctors put their collective heads together and looked toward the country shaped like a boot. This treatment which has not even been published in paper yet (I am so cutting edge, I know) involves using four drugs over five days.
If this doesn’t work I am seriously considering cryogenics, and just get frozen until they can cure Leukemia.