Sunday, September 6, 2009

Another milestone- tadaa! This morning about 3am I was disconnected from all Chemo fluids, I'm free as a bird, in a trapped gilded cage!! My numbers have reached the zero mark, which is their benchmark for acceptability. Now we wait 3 days totally unhooked for my next bone marrow tap. At that time, they determine if in fact my true numbers are at zero, then we start the second half of the series, trying to get my numbers back up to an acceptable range, where I can go out in the world and not catch infections (Priscilla says "and kick ass" ..not "kiss ass," as Amanda mistakenly typed!). I'm feeling very normal, better than I did when I came in. You can tell from the inserted photo that I have a new "do" and it happened exactly when they said it would. Keep you posted, hang on! TFL
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8 comments:

  1. James LewisSeptember 6, 2009 at 5:57 PM

    Sweet do Dad, I can't believe you lost it all since I left just yesterday! Good thing the Buckeyes pulled it out or you might have lost your eyebrows!

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  2. Amanda LevickiSeptember 6, 2009 at 8:30 PM

    Hi Papa! Just letting you know I'm now an official follower- hugs and kisses.

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  3. Big JohnSeptember 7, 2009 at 9:23 AM

    Dad, Been off work and did not unpack the computer till today. Nice blogspot. You are looking good and glad to hear hat they hit the benchmark, seems quick. I hope that you are feeling better soon, I will be calling today. John

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  4. ChrisSeptember 7, 2009 at 8:48 PM

    Love the new do- less maintenance. Glad to hear you are feeling better, you sounded ready to start kissing some ass to me!

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  5. Big JohnSeptember 8, 2009 at 8:31 AM

    Just checking in to see whats happening today. hope all is well.

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  6. Priscill-erSeptember 8, 2009 at 10:06 AM

    Hey Dummy! Thinking about you, nice do! It's great to have the pics and the updates. And thanks Jim for setting up this great blog. Thom, I'm glad to hear you are feeling better. I will say my prayers for good test results... -Er

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  7. VanessaSeptember 9, 2009 at 10:51 PM

    Hi Tom,
    Great idea-thanks for setting up this blog. Working on getting Pat and Neal set up to comment as well, but they are a little behind the times (no surprise)...but we will have them up and running shortly.

    Thanks for all of the updates. Will continue to follow and keep you in our prayers. Tell your beautiful wife hello...

    Vanessa (Van Duyn) Wear

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  8. Cha Cha ChaSeptember 10, 2009 at 8:40 PM

    just realized I have missed out on posts! goes to show you are more ahead of me in the technology field, going to catch up on all the papa tom news now that i figured out how this blog business works.

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