Yesterday I was discharged from the Bone Marrow Transplant clinic, just over 6 years post transplant. Shortly before this I had a bone density test which is now routinely given post transplant, but was more sporadic 5 years ago (I did not have one then). One reason for ordering the test now was that I fell and broke my wrist last year, and my consultant thought it might be possible that low bone density may have been a factor. The results of the test indeed show that my bone density is low, but fortunately it can be treated with medication. Curiously, it makes me feel somewhat less foolish for breaking my wrist (I can at least partially blame the cancer)!
So this life-changing episode is now formally over. Somewhat surprisingly to me the BMT regime that I had in 2011 has remained almost unaltered, and the chances of survival are more or less the same also.
I leave you with a quote from an unlikely source (for me) - Pope John XXIII. I only read about him when searching for a quote, and it turns out he was quite an interesting man! He said
Consult not your fears, but your hopes and dreams
