Filed under: Leukemia
Somehow I neglected to mention here that I’m now in Maintenence, the two-and-a-half year, yet totally manageable, ending phase of my chemotherapy treatment. I switched from weekly chemo infusions to monthly infusions this month. I have to take some chemo pills at home, but overall, it is a major downshift in the kind of treatment that has been so difficult over the past year. Once I’m into the swing of it, I will be able to continue Maintenence out in NYC (ironically at the NYU Hospital, which I used to live 15 feet away from).
Supposedly, three months into Maintenance is “when people start to feel like themselves again”.
Can’t wait.
–Reid.
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WooHoo Maintenance!! Here’s to a hopeul 3 months till you feel like you again!
(who do you feel like now?)
((Also, I was thinking of feeling like someone else in 3 months, so lets compare notes))
That’s great!
Comment by Dave 01.26.09 @ 1:10 pm*Edit: ‘Hopeful’, I meant Hopeful, not ‘Hopeul’, but I remain Hopeul as well.
(and mildy Opal too)
huzzah for maintenance!!!!!
Comment by Vickie 01.26.09 @ 4:27 pmDuring the next month or so, can you begin to feel like Steve McQueen, Sean Connery or Dr. House before feeling like yourself? I think it might help things along, and at the very least provide a very interesting addition to the family’s routine.
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