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Well over 100 days!

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Been awhile to write, but recovery has been going fine. In this blog, no news is good news. Overall, I’m feeling much better. My biggest complaint is fatigue. But that’s normal.  My providers keep reminding me that it can take months before patients feel like their energy is back. My issues are some GI stuff, that is being considered likely weak GVHD. I started taking a new medicine combo for the GI issues: a corn-oil infused with a mild steroid for upper GI and another that helps with lower GI stuff. The hundred day marker was on February 24, so now I’m in the 150s I suppose. I haven’t kept too close of tabs on my days like some patients do. I just prefer to check in with them now and again and get surprised with how far along I’ve come. Currently, I’m going into the clinic on Monday mornings to check labs: a full blood panel and a metabolic panel, plus a CMV test. This happens on the 1st floor, and I then go upstairs to the Bistro Cafe and get a breakfast sandwich and a coffee and