Sunday 29 December 2019

Keep your eye on the prize

I saw my doctor on Friday and he's less concerned about acute GVHD now that I'm almost at the 5-month mark since I got my transplant. 5 months already! When it's January 7th it'll be 5 months, meaning February 7th is 6 months since my transplant, and if all continues to go well, I might be able to go back to eating and going out like a normal person.

I'm so glad and grateful to have made it through the highest risk period for acute GVHD, but needless to say, this doesn't mean I'm out of the woods. Your body can reject the transplant at any point up to a year after you get it. But at the same time, of course it's still good news that I've made it to this point, and it feels wonderful to be here--and that sure is a freakin' understatement!

Other things I still have to worry about include colds, flus, and infections, all of which can be very dangerous to me still. Another thing I fear at the back of my mind is another relapse. It's not like much can be done for me if I relapse again. It would be extremely, extremely bad news indeed. So I try my best not to think about that.

So far, so good--and that's all we need to know, right?

(Ha, imagine it were that easy to keep your mind on the prize?)

That being said, I AM very excited for February. The 6-month point. I wonder if I'll be able to eat what I want then. I wonder if I'll be able to go to restaurants. I wonder if I'll be able to have sushi. I wonder if I'll be able to have alcohol.

It'll be around my birthday, so what perfect timing that would all be, huh?

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