Dacvak
No one shall be brought before our LORD David Bowie without the true and secret knowledge of the Photoshop. For in that time, so shall He appear.
Edit: June 9: Got results from my first after-transplant biopsy, and everything has gone well!
Edit: [May 30]: I've got a small update here: http://m.neogaf.com/showpost.php?p=38342019
Edit [May 1st]: I get my bone marrow transplant today, so wish me luck guys.
A couple months ago, I went to the doctor's office after feeling tired all the time. Long story short, turns out it was leukemia. (If you have symptoms of mono, seriously, go get checked out.)
I've been in the hospital since, and have gone through three rounds of induction chemo. The third round did the trick and eliminated all the blast (bad) cells, which is awesome. The problem is that since my leukemia is really aggressive, I have a high chance of relapsing, so they're pushing me toward bone marrow transplant ASAP. (Which will probably be mid april.)
I wanted to make a post about this a while back, but didn't since it wasn't exactly public knowledge. Today, reddit made a blog post about it, though, so it's known enough that I thought I could post about it here. "Why?"
GAF's been my go-to forum for years. Besides reddit (which I know a lot of GAFers dislike), it's the only place on the internet where I feel like part of a community. (If any of you frequent reddit, I'm a mod on /r/gaming, I co-created /r/Games, and I was actually hired as reddit's Community Manager before this cancer business went down.)
Anyway, this forum has always meant a lot to me, and I wanted you guys to know.
Also, wish me luck. =)
Edit: [May 30]: I've got a small update here: http://m.neogaf.com/showpost.php?p=38342019
Edit [May 1st]: I get my bone marrow transplant today, so wish me luck guys.
A couple months ago, I went to the doctor's office after feeling tired all the time. Long story short, turns out it was leukemia. (If you have symptoms of mono, seriously, go get checked out.)
I've been in the hospital since, and have gone through three rounds of induction chemo. The third round did the trick and eliminated all the blast (bad) cells, which is awesome. The problem is that since my leukemia is really aggressive, I have a high chance of relapsing, so they're pushing me toward bone marrow transplant ASAP. (Which will probably be mid april.)
I wanted to make a post about this a while back, but didn't since it wasn't exactly public knowledge. Today, reddit made a blog post about it, though, so it's known enough that I thought I could post about it here. "Why?"
GAF's been my go-to forum for years. Besides reddit (which I know a lot of GAFers dislike), it's the only place on the internet where I feel like part of a community. (If any of you frequent reddit, I'm a mod on /r/gaming, I co-created /r/Games, and I was actually hired as reddit's Community Manager before this cancer business went down.)
Anyway, this forum has always meant a lot to me, and I wanted you guys to know.
Also, wish me luck. =)