The Schedule has arrived !!

As some may know I have been getting treated for a lymphoma that was diagnosed last year.  Progress is good and my doctors have recommended that I undergo a stem cell transplant.  Much like what my brother had… for the family… who remembers the French maid party ?? boy did we zing him..  anywho.. I digress..

Cathy and I have received or plan and here are the dates..

Basically the transplant process will begin on March 10 with daily white cell booster shots to stimulate stem cell growth.

Tuesday 3/12 we head to Boston, Dana Farber where Joe was..…. Jim.. I won’t be at practice that night..

Stem cells are collected on the 14^th and 15.. and I’ll probably head home for a day or so..

3/19 I get admitted between 4-7pm..

3/20-23 high dose chemo is given to kill off the white cells..

Sunday 3/24.. a day of rest.. To my OSL family.. please keep lift me in prayer that day !!

3/25.. Stem cells are re-infused.

From here on in I get supportive care.. which may include antibiotics, blood or platelets..

week of 3/31 – still hospitalized..

week of 7/7 is scheduled as a tentative discharge week.. which will be great because I’m hoping to be home before Jon’s Birthday on the 13^th.

Once I return it’s expected that I will have limitations on exposure to crowds as my immune system recovers.  I have been working from home and my supervisor has indicated that I can continue to do that.  I have moved my “office” out of the basement upstairs to a more appropriate area for when I come home.

I’m going to be on Skype, and the blogger page is still updated.. I’m also looking at a publishing a web site to, just to keep me busy..

So that’s about it.. Lets pray this chapter of my life is finishing up and a new chapter will start with the two weddings we have this year..