Revealing Sufficiency Amidst Hardships
During the past couple of days, I’ve had the opportunity to catch up with work colleagues (who likely visualized me on a death bed at MD Anderson.) Repeating the details of the past four months has been mentally exhausting, but to connect with others who have experienced similar trials has been refreshing. Yesterday, I talked […]
Back To Work
Today is my first day back to work since I left to begin a clinical trial at MD Anderson on January 16th. To summarize the past three and a half months, I experienced an increase in toxicity during the first trial for a t315i leukemia mutation, fought through muscle weakness and nausea, lost some of […]
An Update on My Treatment: So Far, So Good
I’ve been on Ponatinib, a clinical trial drug that fights the t315i leukemia mutation I have, for one month so far. Before I began treatment, I was off of medication altogether for three weeks. The first test showed an abnormally high white blood cell count. To simplify things, this is how leukemia presents itself. After […]
The Decision to Make a Difference
I have five blogs in draft form. I could publish them today, but for the past week I’ve wrestled with which direction I want to take my blog. When I originally decided to build my own website (way back in 2003), I intended to share anomalies like the horror of finding a plain M&M in […]
MD Anderson Week 2: Donating All of My Blood to Science
Results day. I suddenly feel like a contestant on The Biggest Loser, except that I’m trying to shed Leukemic cells instead of pounds. If feeling ill is any indication of success, it’s easy to stand on the scale and assume that I’m the big winner for the week. As expected, the past seven days has […]