1st day of medical testing for my stem cell transplant now complete! Well, the testing didn’t go quite as well as I had hoped. I wound up getting my head and chest x-rayed, saw a psychologist, research nurse, dentist, blood work and had an echo cardiogram done on my heart. All in one day. The first of 3 days of testing!! The worst part was the dentist. I had expected at some point to have a couple of teeth extracted, but there is a very, very good possibility of having 7 extracted in the next few days…..

Crap. That made me a bit down the last couple of days, but I now realize that it’s my own damn fault so it's time to suck it up and deal with it! Just another part of the adventure! Yay…..

Only a few more chemo treatments till stem cell day. I still feel great, eating way too much crap, and putting weight on. And boy, does time seem to be flying by. I still have lots to do and arrange for before stem cell day, I'll get it done, but now I feel a need to hurry up and complete it all as as soon as possible. The people at the cancer centre are amazing and incredibly helpful. It has been a very reaffirming experience for me to see that there are so many giving people in the world. And that’s on top of all the fantastic people that I consider my support group! Which is pretty much everybody I know!!