To All-
While last week I blogged that Ret should be heading south to the Hutch in 3-4 weeks to begin the transplant process................... well as they say "not so fast buckaroo" seems as if her M-Protein has in fact been reduced even more, which is not what they thought would happen. It's a good because they want it a low as possible going into the transplant, but a bad thing if you're mentally prepared to move on to the next stage which Ret was. Oh well you learn to live with these ups and downs as you go along, but we'll get her there soon.
Love Ret and Jack
Monday, July 13, 2009
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
The Next Phase
To All:
It's been a month since my last post which has followed my normal path however I believe we'll on the web a little more frequent in the coming months.
We had our Dr. visit yesterday and as with most of them it was all good news. That said however we now know that the transplant procedure will probably begin in the next 3-4 weeks. As expected Ret's M-Protein count has leveled out, her last two counts were .9 and her oncologist expects that the results from yesterdays blood draw will be the same. Those results will be available Thursday or Friday this week. If the expected results come in we then revisit the Hutch for a Cancer reassessment which is standard procedure just to level set all the criteria to move forward. Unfortunately some of the tests Lil' Ret's not happy about because they've been done before and weren't much fun but she knows they are necessary. So we are moving on to the next phase of our journey.
As always I need to mention some special people, as you all are. My last post I mentioned Cindy Ellis and her personal challenge to complete a 13.1 mile cancer walk in memory of her son Brett, Ret and many who are stricken with this disease. I asked if any of you could donate to her cause please do so, and many of you did so thank you for that. Well our neighbor Paige Albert caught wind of Cindy's goal and decided to step up and help out. Paige is a in home sales representative for SILPADA DESIGNS, I'll provide the website so I won't blabber too much. Cindy is going to have an in-home party and all of Paige's proceeds will go toward Cindy's goal. Not to mention that anyone who visits Paige's website and purchases some of the cool jewelry she has along with mentioning Cindy's name those proceeds will be donated as well. Paige hopes to raise $1,500.00 for Cindy's cause. WOW!!! Anyway the website is listed below and the new mantra is
"Visit Buy Donate" Paige will probably kill me for that one, oh well.
www.mysilpada.com/paige.albert
As always Ret and I can't thank you all enough.
Love Ret and Jack
It's been a month since my last post which has followed my normal path however I believe we'll on the web a little more frequent in the coming months.
We had our Dr. visit yesterday and as with most of them it was all good news. That said however we now know that the transplant procedure will probably begin in the next 3-4 weeks. As expected Ret's M-Protein count has leveled out, her last two counts were .9 and her oncologist expects that the results from yesterdays blood draw will be the same. Those results will be available Thursday or Friday this week. If the expected results come in we then revisit the Hutch for a Cancer reassessment which is standard procedure just to level set all the criteria to move forward. Unfortunately some of the tests Lil' Ret's not happy about because they've been done before and weren't much fun but she knows they are necessary. So we are moving on to the next phase of our journey.
As always I need to mention some special people, as you all are. My last post I mentioned Cindy Ellis and her personal challenge to complete a 13.1 mile cancer walk in memory of her son Brett, Ret and many who are stricken with this disease. I asked if any of you could donate to her cause please do so, and many of you did so thank you for that. Well our neighbor Paige Albert caught wind of Cindy's goal and decided to step up and help out. Paige is a in home sales representative for SILPADA DESIGNS, I'll provide the website so I won't blabber too much. Cindy is going to have an in-home party and all of Paige's proceeds will go toward Cindy's goal. Not to mention that anyone who visits Paige's website and purchases some of the cool jewelry she has along with mentioning Cindy's name those proceeds will be donated as well. Paige hopes to raise $1,500.00 for Cindy's cause. WOW!!! Anyway the website is listed below and the new mantra is
"Visit Buy Donate" Paige will probably kill me for that one, oh well.
www.mysilpada.com/paige.albert
As always Ret and I can't thank you all enough.
Love Ret and Jack
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