At the clinic on Thursday they took blood for the next chimerism test (it is three months since I had the last
DLI). There is an interesting article
here about mixed chimerism and relapse rates if you can stomach the medical grammar! I will get the results in a couple of weeks, and I very much hope they show that no more of my original cells remain, as it will mean that my treatment is more or less complete. They also took enough blood for a BCR-ABL test (the test for cancerous cells) - again the results are available in a couple of weeks (I will write a post when I get them).
They have reduced the frequency of my visits to once every six weeks, in what I hope will be a continuing trend that eventually settles to once a year. The next major milestone for me is my vaccinations. I have the immune system of a baby. and so I will need all the common vaccinations, which they administer 18 months post transplant (so in December or January).
On the home front, we have new arrivals:
Their names are Kali (on the left) and Bella (on the right), and are just 4 months old. I know, they are impossibly cute in repose:) - but they can be very naughty!
