Laughing with Lymphoma

Well, that's a wrap folks: December 10th marks five years from the date of my stem cell transplant, and I am still alive and kickin'...

A few days ago I received a large chocolate 'C' and a "Happy Birthday Chris 2.0" card in the mail from my mom, serving as ...

Well, it's Saturday, December 10th, 2016, which means that two years ago today , 600 million stem cells swam back into my body to ...

I'm not sure how many people read this blog anymore, but I wanted to do a quick post for anyone who might be keeping up to date with my ...

My mom told me the other day, "Christopher, you haven't updated your blog since last April." "Well duh, Mom, I had bett...

About a month and a half ago I developed a cough. It wasn't bad at first - aggravated only by heavy exercise - but after a week it start...

I went to Vancouver on Friday for a PET Scan to see if my stem cell transplant worked. Today my oncologist called to let me know that he rec...

I didn't really write much of anything in my last blog post so here's a quick update to fill you in on what's happened over the...

 Day +11 (Sun, Dec. 21)  White Blood Count.................................5.5  Neutrophils: ...........................................3...

After a few  really  low days, I am happy to report that I am slowly making my way up and out of the pit. My fever is gone, my energy is a l...

I knew as I wrote my last blog post that the hard times were still to come, but nothing prepared me for this kind of fatigue and stomach pai...

Yesterday was my hardest day so far. I felt  so  tired from the moment I got out of bed in the morning, and with the tiredness came boredom ...

I should preface this post by explaining the title because I don't think I have done that yet. The days of chemo leading up to my transp...

 Hospital Days 5-7  There isn't actually a ton to report from the last few days. Since my last post on Sunday, I've just been goi...

Overview  I started my 6 days of high dose chemo infusions on Thursday morning, the day after I was admitted to the hospital. It wasn...

I was finally admitted to Vancouver General Hospital this afternoon. I will start my BEAM Chemotherapy  tomorrow, and it will continue for s...

It has been one week now since the day I was "supposed" to be admitted to the hospital to start my high dose chemo and stem ce...

Just a quick update today: I had my Hickman Line "installed" yesterday at Vancouver General Hospital. It has three lumens - one...

My headache got a lot worse yesterday. The fact that this was day 9 was pretty worrying, so I decided to drive myself to the ER at Vic Gene...

Remember in my last post  how I mentioned that I had a lumbar puncture last Thursday to find out if the cancer had spread to me central nerv...