September 29 2010 11:45 PM

Stay the course!

That was the watchword of the day from my doctor this morning. And why not? My numbers were great! My blood counts are fine. My liver counts that were elevated a month ago are now in the normal range because of the prednisone that I take. My weight is as low as it has ever been in the last 15 years. My oxygen % is 99. My heart beat is 70/minute. And my blood pressure is 128/64. Everytihing is functioning on all cylinders. So there are no changes in my meds at this point with another visit scheduled in 5 weeks. Everything seems to be currently under control.

They asked me to take part in a study of patients who have experienced chronic graft vs host disease. Here, chronic only means that it occurrred after a while and not immediately after the bone marrow transplant. It does not mean that you have to live with it forever.

Since my doctor told us a while ago that Dana-Farber was number 2 in the world in bone marrow transplants, I finally remembered to ask him who number one was. It's MD Anderson Hospital in Houston, Texas. However, my doctor quickly interjected that Dana-Farber is number one in "quality" - whatever that means.

We watched my grandson's football game this afternoon. They lost, but he played fairly well. It was a beautiful fall day with the temperature in the low eighties and stll in the seventies when the game began after 5:00.

Otherwise, I'm just about done painting the den. And then it's on to installing the speakers - finally! They've been lying on furniture for three and a half years and need to be installed on the ceiling. It means a trip to the attic which I have not done before.

All in all, a great day in so many ways...

Bob