Posts by zestsms
Words of Hope – FLAM
Sept 2, 2008 August 2008 was one of many difficult months, I had begun my 2nd round of treatment after my relapse. I needed an experimental chemo treatment called FLAM…
Read MoreHow To Save A Life
None of us really knew what we were getting into. We really didn’t even know what a bone marrow drive was; we just knew that it might be able to save our friend’s life.
Read MoreWords of Hope – Happy Anniversary
August 16th, 2013 So yesterday, the 15th of August, was Lisa and I’s anniversary, our 15th on the 15th. This is year, we considered our family trip to Germany our…
Read MoreWords of Hope – What I Did On My Summer Vacation
August 7, 2013: I am taking a brief hiatus from my 5 year recollection of my experience with leukemia and bone marrow transplant to update everyone on “what I did on…
Read MoreWords of Hope – Hershey Park
July 17th, 2008 It has been about a month since I was release from Hopkins after my 24 day stay. I had completed the induction round of treatments that are…
Read MoreWords of Hope – Finding My MUD
July 8th, 2008-I left you with a teaser at the end of the last blog; Hershey Park, Blood Clots and Relapse… I am going to prolong the wait on that…
Read MoreWords of Hope – 24 Days in the Hole
June 24th, 2008: Sorry for the long lag in posts. The lag in time coincides with many long, boring days in the hospital recovering. I was released from the hospital…
Read MoreHigh School Students’ Bone Marrow Drives Save Lives!
Join for Joe – Senior Swab Day“Join for Joe” is said in my house almost as often as “good morning,” packages of swab kits are delivered frequently to my doorstep,…
Read MoreWords of Hope – Hotel Johns Hopkins
June 7th 2008: I just finished my first round or “induction round” of chemotherapy. It was a cocktail of 3 different types of chemo in various doses, spread over 8…
Read MoreWords of Hope – Let's Shave Our Heads Together
May 27th 2008: I had spent the previous two weeks digesting a leukemia diagnosis with my family, while also adding to the family with the birth of Joseph. Joseph, my…
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