Hi from madubois63 2/5/07

[madubois63]

Thank you for the phone call (Sandi) and e-mails (everyone else) and mostly for being concerned about me. The last month or so has been difficult. I caught a cold that really knocked the stuffing out of me, and my counts are not bouncing back. I have to get blood transfusions several times a week, and my onc decided I needed an emergency bone marrow biopsy this past Friday. They were worried that I may have had a leukemia relapse. The doc looked at the sample immediately and said he did not see any leukemia blasts (thank God). One medication I've been on MAY be keeping my counts low, so they changed my med's and are giving me Neupogen' shots. The big 100 day celebration is coming up next week. I am celebrating by having another bone marrow biopsy and a slew of other tests. I've had a little trouble eating and at least I got one good thing out of this whole mess - I am down 30 lbs. I'm quite happy about that. Otherwise, I am emotionally and physically shot, but today is better than yesterday and tomorrow will be better than today...I'll try not to let so much time go by without posting. I look forward to having enough energy to catch up on everyone and post like I used too. As of now, please know you are all in my prayers! PS - January marked my 7th year as a survivor!!!