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Day +220: Feeling great despite the slow, steady progress

 Hello Family and Friends, I hope this update finds you safe, happy and enjoying much more normalcy than last year.  It's been really exciting to start to get out and do things again and especially hear about all of you planning vacations, socializing, and generally back to normal.  On the health front, I continue to feel really well during which by all accounts is a successful yet slow recovery.  I'm no longer taking prednisone (steroid to treat my gout), tapered down to just a small dose of the immunosuppressant and on track to ween off a lot of the other meds over the next 6 months.  My blood counts in general are improving, with the exception of my white blood cell count which is still suppressed.  I've needed a monthly shot to boost production of my white blood cells. I had my 6 month checkup at MD Anderson at the end of April and the results are all very good.  No cancer in my blood, brain tumor or anywhere else for that matter.  My chimeris...