My Stem Cell Transplant

    Hi, fellow bloggers and political crazies.
    Next week, I go into the hospital for three weeks for a stem-cell transplant.
    It means 6 straight days of heavy duty chemotherapy, where my white cells go down to zero, and then they re-introduce my stem cells through a blood transfusion.
    Last week they removed 200 million stem cells from my body and froze them.  Then they reintroduce them to my body again.
    Since they are using my own stem cells, there is a very rare chance of rejection.  However, even in this procedure that is a 3-5% death rate.
    It was recommended I do this procedure because I had two bouts of Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma.  The second case of this cancer came just 4 months after my first round of Chemotherapy and Radiation.

    However, the most important thing:

    Is there WiFi in my hospital room.

    The answer is: Yes!

    Therefore, I will still try to blog from my hospital bed, on a periodic basis.

    Thanks for reading:

    Bob Kholos

Comments

[Mike Botula]

Bob,
You are my hero. Never mind that I don't post frequent comments on your web site. I admire your tenacity in keeping your blog up and running in spite of your health situation.

Bless you, my friend. My prayers are with you.

Sincerely,
Mike Botula