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Day 557: It's been a while

Well the past 337 days have been relatively uneventful, until today where the next step in my journey begins with a chance that this will be the last big step.   But first a bit of catch up on these past 337 days... Since returning home to Colorado in late February 2021, I've been feeling well, returned to work and able to live a relatively normal life.  I say relatively since my immunocompromised state has me living with the added anxiety of getting sick from Covid or any other infection.   I returned to MD Anderson on February 15, 2022 for my 15 month post-transplant check up.  The results were great, with no sign of the cancer returning and my chimerism results showing >95% of the cells being from my donor.  This is a great indication since my original cells create the cancer whereas my donor cells do not.   The tricky part is that while the cancer has not returned, my full immune system recovery has not returned either.  This make...