February 6th

Today, finally, I got the results from the 'trap' test that was sent to the Mayo clinic. Dr. Thai called me to say that the test indicates that the marrow was in remission. In other words, no sign of hairy cell leukemia! So it's official. I'm cured!

Now, before I get carried away, I should mention there is always the possiblility of a relapse. That doesn't seem to happen much with 2cda, but, I believe I'll be on a quarterly program of blood tests to monitor the condition of my blood. Any irregularities will show up early.

So this is great news for me. Now I'll turn my attention to getting back in shape, and working on the second part of this site....A Guide to Hairy Cell Leukemia. I'll make some entries here in the diary if necessary.


March 23rd