3/22 back from trips and spleen update
A lot has happened since the last update, all positive. First things first, as you probably guessed due to lack of writing, I chose to stick with the CAR-t cells rather than elect for transplant. Then a more recent summary of the last 3 months is: First, as far as I know, I am still in remission. Yay! Secondly, I have been working on my spleen issue, and things are going good, but probably more to do. Third, I had good times traveling to Hawaii and Oaxaca, Mexico! Fourth, in the bird world I have seen 60 lifers (birds I have never seen before) on these two trips, taking my World list to 534. Let’s dive into the spleen issue. A quick review of the situation follows. After meeting with Gastroenterology in December, we figured out my enlarged spleen (19cm, normal is 13cm) was likely because of a blood clot in the splenetic vein caused by the pancreatitis I had in 2013 or 2015. Maybe both, who knows. I don’t know if I have previously explained the situation in detail, so this c