Approaching the Starting Gate

Everything is getting scheduled, tested, scanned, poked & prodded working up to my admission into the hospital

October 25th.

There, I will endure a week of chemo prior to stem cell transplant – from that point it will be 100-days before Kathy and I can and will go home. We will be counting down the days like caged felons. A great deal depends on how my bone marrow reacts to the foreign bodies and how “fit” I keep myself during the first several weeks of transplant. I need to avoid any disease after I'm released.

Well, on the bright side, I shall have plenty of down time... everyone should expect phone calls or eMails from me while I'm in isolation. JW