"When somebody loves you, it's no good unless they love you all the way" Cahn/van Heusen
(Stay) Just a little bit longer now
Please, please, please, please, please
Maurice Williams (Preformed by the Four Seasons)
It looks like I am going all the way. More reason to celebrate with you on Oct 18 (See prior party post). I cried when I got the following email. I am getting so close to be able to glide for awhile. But I have to wait just a little bit longer, another 10 days.
The letter from Dr. Forman needs some translation. STR means Short Tandem Repeats. It is a way of fingerprinting DNA used in solving crimes. Think OJ and president Clinton. In my case it is employed to test whether my blood cells are from my donor or "residual", in other words, from the old me. On my last test in August I was only 34% donor B cells. They are are now 100% donor.Ya Hoo. Remember too that my cancer was in my old "residual" B cells and those cells are getting hard to find. This does not mean for certain that I am fully engrafted, let alone cured, but since B cells get their marching orders from T cells, it does suggest that the donor army is in firm control of the hematopoietic landscape and that is great news and bodes well.
Dear Brian,
The STR analysis came back as showing 100% donor B cells but they did not have enough to DNA to do everything. So I will add another STR analysis for the lab for Monday so they can do the T, monocytes, and granulocytes, so we can look at everything. Make sure they draw it while you are at the lab on Monday!
Steve
I am so lucky and so grateful for my good fortune.
posted by Brian Koffman at
12:12 AM
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Brian -- I am so thrilled at the news. I celebrate this joyous news with you!
I am so happy the tears keep streaming of joy and celebration that you are continue to heal and your donor core is getting stronger.
See you in celebration on the 18th!
Hi Brian,
My name is Justin Guild and I’m a graduate research assistant currently working
with Dr. Jeong-Nam Kim
(http://www.cla.purdue.edu/communication/people/jnkim.shtml) at Purdue
University on a health communication study.
Specifically, our research explores how information sharing behavior through
online communities influences coping strategies among people with chronic
conditions including cancer, diabetes, depression, etc.
I’m contacting you to seek permission to place a link to our online web survey
on your blog to invite readers and other visitors to participate. The survey is
purely academic in nature and takes no longer than 5-7 minutes to complete.
The web survey can be found by clicking on this link:
http://www.createsurvey.com/c/70237-Os3LDl/
In the survey, we use the term “blog” to refer to any online activity where you
might read or share information in communities such as personal web logs,
internet forums, and discussion boards.
The findings of this study could lead to better management capacities of
chronic diseases as well as an increase in funding for research related to
online communities.
If you have any questions, or would like additional information, please don’t
hesitate to contact me at jguild@purdue.edu.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
Justin Guild
Dear Dr. K,
How awesome........and how quickly they raised once they got going. There is no stopping you now.
Looking forward to seeing you soon.
This is a true blessing from our Lord.
J
GO DUCKS..............
Dr K:
How utterly wonder-full for you! At first I was just stunned but then, remembering your refusal to accept the impossible, I just smiled. What joyous news! Judy is right--there's no stopping you now. I will be celebrating with you across the miles...
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