Thursday, April 19, 2018

Happy Fifth Birthday to Me!

Has it really been five years?  Wow!  I am happy to say I have reached this pinnacle and am still cancer-free. Though the doctors do not like to use the word “cured,” I have been told that the odds that the AML returns are very small.  So I will use the “H” word...as in HEALED!!!

I continue to experience minor GVH. I think what it is coming down to is that my body no longer metabolizes food like it used to/should resulting in lower vitamin/mineral absorption. I have found that such a thing results in many of the symptoms I encounter. Super dry skin, eyes and scalp. Joint achiness. So I take supplements, try to eat/drink things high in what it seems like I am low in, and drink a lot of Poweraid.  I have developed allergies I did not have before.  The egg allergy comes and goes...which is very odd. I just have to keep a supply of Benedryl handy.  Other than that, life in this “new normal” is just that...normal!

I wish Mom were here to tell the good news to. She passed away a year ago. But she knows...

Thanks to all who continue to love me, listen to me, and continue to be supportive of me and my kids as I continue to Get to Dianne 2.0. 





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