May 11, 2009 10:50 PM 17 days to go

Another easy day for me.

Our friends came over this afternoon and we played bridge - which was great! It felt really nice to get the old brain cells working for a while(notice the emphasis on the old)! And to talk about what's going on in other people's lives was interesting. At least other people have interesting lives - my current existence is far from that.

I logged on to work today - something I do every few weeks just to get a rough idea of what's going on. Anyway, now that I have started my long term disability, I find that I am supposed to turn in my company laptop and that my company e-mail will now suspended along with my company telephone. I guess that you become a non-employee in their eyes at that point. My only question is - how do I notify anyone when I'm supposed to return to work? But, if that's the way that they want it - so be it!

A remark made by the doctor last week came to mind today and it really bolsters my confidence in the choice that I made where I wanted to have my treatment done. He said that Dana-Farber has been doing bone marrow transplants for 30 years. Earlier, one doctor said that they were number 2 in the world for bone marrow transplants. The quality of my treatment has certainly been testimony to the years and amount of experience that they have. I have never once regretted my decision.

It's coming up to Wednesday again and I fully expect another non-event to occur. Only 3 more weekly Wednesday visits before the monthly visits start - that'll be another nice milestone to reach.

So much for today...

Bob