The transplant

Many are wondering why a transplant at this time. The AML that I have is very aggresive, and although the Merk company does not have any history on SAHA because it is so new, the AML does have a history of recurrence, and once I'm out of remission it would be too late for a transplant. Besides, I have been working to this goal for some time, thus the search world-wide for a match.

So far Jimmy and Danny are the best matches and both have been tested. Now its up to Dr. Vij to determine the best match. This probably begs more questions than it answers, but sometime in early 0r late August I will be back at Barnes and one or the other will be a little sorer from the HGF shots they give prior to a marrow harvest, which is like giving plateletes; the blood goes out one arm, the stem cells are harvested out, and the remaining blood goes in the other arm. I will have chemo to take me to absolute zero in my own system while the stem cells are collected, and once at absolute zero I will probably lose all my hair again. Oh well, easy come easy go.

Chris