Hi Jamie, Aries is magnificent! I’m so happy you’ve been able to ride during treatment…except for being tossed off! Yikes. But riding just feels like a little normalcy after all you’ve gone through this summer.

Regarding transplant, from everything I’ve been told by my transplant team at Mayo, the ‘cleaner’ you go into your transplant, the better the chances of success. Your BMB will be telling and can help your doctor make good decisions along with you for future treatment. Would the transplant be done locally near you or would you have to travel to another clinic?

But for now, you have much needed time to recoupe after the last round of chemo. For me, it seemed to take longer to recover from each subsequent round of chemo. But the chemo was a life saver and so we do what’s needed to rid our bodies of those defective cells. Please keep me in the loop. I’m here for you any time. And give Arie’s velvet nose a little rub for me. ☺️