Friday, September 12, 2008

Spotless

Unlike my house, my bone marrow is "spotless." That's the word my transplant doctor chose to describe the results of last week's biospy. I'm 99% donor in the marrow, and 97% in the peripheral blood. The Colorado cord is still predominating, but the Australian cord shows no signs of backing down. T-cell analysis shows some of mine are still hanging around (18%), but the doctor says that's not unexpected with cbt's.

My immune system is slowly rebuilding. The most recent CD4 count is 355, up a hundred or so since last checked. The CD4 indicates immune system strength. When it reaches 500, I'll be in normal range. For now, I still have to exercise caution, but I can ease up a little bit.

Tomorrow, I'm going to a wedding in Wilmington, Deleware. I promise not to dance on the tables.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wow, ROCKSTAR- this is wonderful news. Congratulations and I hope to see pictures of you dancing on the tables. You deserve it!
-Lea

Anonymous said...

Maybe just a chair!!! Live a little lol

Anonymous said...

Great stuff pj!

Kunal B said...

Please, pj, do let your hair down at the wedding. Gotta celebrate this awesome news!

Ronni Gordon said...

Congratulations on the great news!