Oct. 24th Checkup

Another great report from my checkup this morning with my transplant doctor. My sister is here visiting so came with me and got to meet Dr. Shafey for the first time. Dr. Shafey asked her how she thought her cells she gave me were doing to which she replied 'great', and Dr. Shafey agreed of course! My 'bad' protein level is down to 4 and anything below 3 is considered normal (because it's too low to measure), so I am almost there. I'll have a bone marrow biopsy at my next appointment in December so hopefully I'll be under the 4 mark by then. The December appointment will be my one year anniversary; hard to believe. I've been feeling stronger and walking further, up to 4 kms when the weather's nice. This is my last week of "leisure" as I'm starting back to work part-time next week, three half days to start. I expect I'll be sleeping when I get home those afternoons but I'm looking forward to getting back. Thanks again for all the prayers and good thoughts from everyone. I'll make one last post after my December appt which should be around the 19th. Bye for now!