Hang On Stem Cells

I have repeatedly thought to myself  that I would cease posting on this blog since my health has improved, so much so, that I have become very busy with other things and posting has been low on my list of things to do, on my To Do List. There is are vegetables to harvest, lawn mowers to fix, weed eaters to repair, and grass to cut, and on and on and on. AND THAT IS GOOD! I repeat. THAT IS VERY GOOD! I am doing that well. My energy levels have increased and there has been no reoccurrence of any temps or infections. The time between my appointments with my Dr. is now 3 months and that is in conjunction with my CT scan and bone marrow biopsy which are usually every 3 months and this one is 6 months. I also find that I think about my illness much less and talk about it even less frequently. I am reminded, though,  of my situation every time I take my multiple medications 4 x a day. As Isaac would say, "Better living through chemistry".

Through this all I am  beginning to think differently about myself and realize I have experienced the full wrath that an illness can bring to bear upon a body and that, " the wear and tear" I have experienced  has put a lot of miles on me much like miles on a car. Inside, however, I am okay and the statistics say with CLL the life expectancy is about 7 years. I know those are only stats. Since diagnosis I have lived about 3.5 years. Half my life is over? No, I do not live life that way. Lynne and I have a strong desire to live at least another 25 years, the Lord willing, for some very personal reasons. So stems cells, hang on for a long ride. This is our prayer, O God.

New International Version  Ps. 90:10
Our days may come to seventy years, or eighty, if our strength endures; yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.