Any math teacher would say that zero is neither a positive nor a negative number, but today it is most definitely positive! I know I just posted on Sunday but I have a few updates– all good news- and since writing a blog post is more fun than all of the other things I could be doing right now, I decided I’d share right away!
First of all, I’m up to 51 countdown submissions! Keep them coming because MY MRD IS ZERO! Yesterday, I went to Hopkins for a bone marrow aspirate. It was one of our quickest clinic visits in a while, especially for a procedure day – we were in and out of Hopkins in about three hours. Focusing on eating a lot of food has been paying off and I’ve already gained some weight back. In other exciting news, I ate a lot of food before I got the Versed for my procedure, so it didn’t knock me out for the entire day and I got to spend the evening with my family instead of asleep. Apparently I’m only a mess when I take it on an empty stomach. Today, we got a call from one of my doctors saying he’d email us the results of the bone marrow test from yesterday. The few minutes between the call and the email were painful but eventually we found out there was NO evidence of any MRD (minimal residual disease that can only be detected through molecular tests, not even through a strong microscope) in my bone marrow! A month ago, I had an MRD level of .12%, and to proceed with transplant, I needed to get down to .01%. I have a history of my levels being just a tiny bit too high, but finally one of my levels was where it was supposed to be when they wanted it to be there! What does that mean for me? Everything proceeds as planned and I’ll be admitted the day after Thanksgiving! If my level had been too high, I would have had another month of intense chemo and I would’ve had to repeat all of the tests I got last week, which need to be within a month of transplant. Luckily, none of that is necessary. Hopefully, a level of zero also means that during my pre-transplant week, I won’t need the chemo that is cleared through sweat. I don’t know what it’s called, but when I’ve mentioned the “shower medicine” to the nurses, they’ve known exactly what I’m talking about – patients that get it are required to shower every 6 hours (that’s four times a day!) because your body clears it through the sweat and if it sits on the skin too long, it burns. They can’t be quick showers either because apparently people often forget random spots like the back of their neck or behind their ears and get burns there. Fingers crossed that won’t be part of my treatment plan! Thank you all, as always, for the messages, notes, gifts, food, and most importantly, support and love. If you haven’t submitted something to my countdown, please consider doing so! If you already did but want to submit something else, feel free! The form will be open until the beginning of next week. I love you all and am so excited to see what you have to say!
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AuthorI’m Karen. I was originally diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) in August 2004 when I was 10 years old. When I was working on my college and scholarship application essays two years ago, I wrote about my journey. Although it was a rough few years, it became such an influential part of my life that I can’t, and wouldn’t want to, imagine my life without having had cancer. I called it the worst best thing that ever happened to me. Archives
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