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@mary612

Good morning @loribmt and @katgob
As usual, your encouragement lifts me up. Thank you for that!
Hope you enjoyed a great weekend.
Yes, today is another day to be grateful for!

My husband continues to do well, moving around, eating as much as he can - he requested some rotisserie chicken over the weekend and I naturally delivered - and he is trying to drink enough water too. He reported last night he is starting to develop some sores in his mouth. Blood counts are dropping steadily as expected but haven’t bottomed out yet. Today is +5. So I expect this week will be more difficult for him than last week. I know his care team has tools to help him through this. And before we know it, it will be next week and his counts will start climbing again. 🙏 His spirits are good, and he tells me he feels calm every night as he goes to sleep. Good drugs help, but I think this experience has given him new hope for his future that is more real now than ever.

I so appreciate knowing I can come here for support, humor and encouragement. Thank you. I want to offer others the same.

I’ll check in later this week.
Have a good day!
Mary

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Hi Mary! It’s wonderful to hear Dane is doing well and was able to enjoy his Father’s Day rotisserie chicken! Keep those calories coming. 😅

I know Dane has had chemo in the past so he’s familiar with the drop in blood numbers and the overwhelming fatigue and malaise that comes at nadir. (Lowest point). The preconditioning chemo for the transplant wipes the pipes clean, so to speak, and this may feel worse than he’s used to for just a couple days. Actually for me, the worst was the night right before my white count was detectable. The proverbial “the darkest hour is just before dawn’…scenario. I did have mouth sores as well, which I’d been able to avoid throughout my AML chemo rounds. Wasn’t so lucky this time but my team had me covered. After that low week, things really were on the up swing. So tell Dane to hang in there. And if he needs pain meds for mouth sores…take ‘em. There are no awards or trophies for being stoic! I asked. LOL. Better living through chemistry! 💪

Hi Mary, Thinking of you and Dane…how goes it??