April 7, 2009 10:45 PM 51 days to go

You know, I admit that I do grouse about the "inefficiencies" of the various institutions that we have to deal with in order to keep all aspects of my recovery on track - insurance companies, medical companies, prescription companies, etc. But, when you put it all in perspective, if it were not for all the advances of modern medicine - I would not even be here! I suppose that contributes to some of my frustrations because each day is now a gift that has been given to me - though I don't know why at this point! And yet, I am a virtual prisoner in my own home - not being able to do much of anything with these new found days.

I suppose that I should "suck it up" so to speak and simply be patient until my recovery period is complete. It does require an awful lot of patience, however, when we are looking at an early 2010 timeframe.

Tomorrow is my weekly visit to Dana-Farber with an early(7 AM) appointment that is inconvenient in one way(because of the early time) but is more than offset by the fact that they have had no opportunity to start backlogging patients and the time at the clinic is greatly minimized. Since tomorrow will be the half way point to the 100 days, I'm going to ask the doctor to give me an early read on what current restrictions are relaxed at that point. At this point, other than the dietary items, I don't have much else to go on.

As you might expect, I am still feeling fine. No sign of graft vs host disease or any other side effects from any of my medications. I have been truly blessed all the way along - something that not very many people have been fortunate enough to experience.

So, tomorrow will be a "meat" day once again. I look forward to it...

Bob