April 18, 2009 10:00 PM 40 days to go

A pretty good day today. There was no nausea but I tend to feel a little punky today - for want of a more technical term. It's probably the start of graft vs host disease as I am now right on track for that to possibly begin(2-3 month timeframe from the date of the transplant). Another possibility is that I was requested to increase the dosage of one of my immuno-suppressants on Wednesday with nausea being one of the side effects of the drug.

However, I did eat all my meals today with no repercussions of any kind. So, we'll pay close attention to that. It will be a little tough with tomorrow being Greek Easter with all the trappings. But, I'll watch myself and I'm sure that everything will be fine.

For sure, I'll discuss all of this with the doctor on Wednesday.

One other subject that is probably love overdue to be discussed is the status of my hair. As we all know, it basically disappeared after the first round of chemo. The second round seemed to have no affect on my hair growth as it started to come back being basically dark in color. The third round, just before the transplant, again caused me to lose all that beautiful black hair. It started to come again a while later - but this time it was all white. For the past month or so that has been the story until just recently. Though I can't see it, my wife and daughter said that black hair is slowly returning on the back of my head. Maybe it will be a slow return this time. I still retain the buzz cut, however, as, without it, I kinda look like a puff ball. The white hair sticks straight up at all different lengths. In fact, we trimmed it today and the improvement was immediately evident(the hair that is - not me). This has not been a hair-raising experience! I just couldn't resist!

That's it for today, I'll let you know tomorrow night how I fared during the day.

Til then...

Bob