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[rinnia]

Went up to Moffitt this morning for a consultation with the bone marrow transplant people. Sokol didn't think Jaime'd need it, but since Burkitts moves so fast (the doctor we spoke to in the bone marrow clinic said there is no known cancer that grows more quickly than Burkitts Lymphoma. Can we say, "Holy shit"?), he thought it prudent to get to know them just in case and hear their opinion. The basic gist is that there's no clear answer, but they're not recommending BMT right now. It's more likely that he won't relapse than that he will, and though he does have two big risk factors, he's lacking many others. In addition, since Burkitts is really rare, there aren't any studies to support BMT in a patient like Jaime (more on that in a moooooment). According to the doctor we spoke to, the majority of oncologists would say no to BMT in Jaime's case, so that's what we're going with.

Since this is my thousandth livejournal post (and I was really REALLY hoping I'd get to say this for the big 1-0-0-0), let's close things out with a bang, shall we? I mentioned before that there aren't any studies about this stuff in a patient like Jaime. By that, I mean someone who had Burkitts Lymphoma and went into complete remission. That's right.

As of today, 02/25/2009, Jaime is officially in remission!

The smile, it just won't go away! Party, anyone?

Comments

[alena-yuy.livejournal.com]

Yay! Congrats! I know both of you are happy.

[rinnia.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Here's hoping we can move on in our lives now and I can make posts that don't involve hospital trips.

[dragonspeaker.livejournal.com]

^^ Congratulations! That is really good news. It's really sweet and inspiring to read about how you've stuck with him through all this, and about how you care for and support one another. :)

[rinnia.livejournal.com]

Thanks! :D It's great to hear that at least one other person was touched by my writings about this. Thank you so much.

[petuniamarcus.livejournal.com]

the bestest news i have heard in such a loooong time

we are all happy and doing little dances of joy around here

we love you both so much

loves your family (or famdamnily as joe would put it)

[rinnia.livejournal.com]

And we love you! I certainly boogied at the news, though Jaime didn't - smug bastard just shrugged, very blase and all, and said, "I knew it." He was definitely more smiley on the way home than on the way there, though. His subtle expressions are no match for me! XD

So when's the whole famdamnily gonna come visit? I'd love to seeeeeeeees yoooooooooooooou.

[ultimademon.livejournal.com]

If there is a party, put it off until March.

[rinnia.livejournal.com]

But of course! Would it even be a party without you? I mean, Zion's great and all, but he's not the best conversationalist, and he SUCKS at Guitar Hero.

Seriously, though, we're pretty psyched about you coming back. Brace yourself for hugging.

[eidolon-nine.livejournal.com]

OMG, yay!!!! Partay!!!

[rinnia.livejournal.com]

YESSSSSSS, PARTY TIME!

I have an evil plan to get you to move to Florida. It consists of me saying, "Hey, you know, if you ever feel like going to grad school, you should come to UF. We should hit up Jon to come too, and then the four of us could get an awesome apartment and be ridiculous together." I will be enacting said plan very soon.

How are things in your half of the country? Enjoying French and Spanish? Hey, you know, if you ever feel like going to grad school, you should come to UF. We should hit up Jon to come too, and then the four of us could get an awesome apartment and be ridiculous together.

[eidolon-nine.livejournal.com]

Lol, you sure did enact that plan soon! Tout de suite!

French and Spanish are going very well (100% averages in everything so far!). I have been practicing French on the side with library books and such, because I am nerdy like that, and things are progressing nicely. I have given some thought to grad school stuff, so I'll try to put up a post about that soon. ("Soon" being "sometime within the next two or three years" in Cathy speak, lol.)

[rinnia.livejournal.com]

Well, you know me. I'm impatient. XD

Hey, nerdy is good! It's gotten you this far, yeah? Glad to hear it's going well. I'm still plugging away at Japanese, though it feels like I've hit a wall at the moment. I can understand bits and pieces of conversation I hear, and getting up from that to full comprehension is going to take a while, I know, so the progress is less encouraging. I'm trying, though! It'll happen!

Looking forward to the post! I look forward to all my friends' posts, really. It's always neat to get a glimpse at what others are thinking.