On Feb 4th, it will be one year since my new immune system was injected into me in the form of stem cells. I remember being impressed that they were flown in from Germany that day and whisked straight to the hospital to be given to me. I still can't get my head around the miracle that our bodies are - how did the stem cells know they had to form bone marrow? How did they know where to go? I find it all fascinating.
Overall, it's been a good year. It took a few weeks to recover from the intensity of the transplant but from April onwards, apart from the chest infections that put me back in hospital, I've felt quite healthy. Of course, that statement is skimming over a lot of details - looking back at the blog, there were many bumps along the way. In general, though, it's been good.
I have a scan coming up later this month to see if there is any sign of Lymphoma. I doubt I'll have any problems with that. What I will watch closely, though, is when my Lymphocyte count starts to rise - hopefully then my chimerism ratio will improve and I will not create any more mutated (cancerous) Lymphocytes.
