Let me hear you now….3 bottles of beer on the wall, 3 bottles of beer, if one of those bottles should happen to fall….you get the idea.

Today was a red letter day as we had our discharge conference. It was quite in depth and at the moment there are no roadblocks to our return on Saturday.

Having said that, my case is somewhat unique and we spent a fair amount fo time on that. The reason is that my bone marrow had been previously impacted by two CAR T therapies. There are very few kind souls in the world who have gone through what I have done. It means I may never recover totally with regard to my red cell production so a chronic anemia.

I need to be very careful about my contacts and outings. Not much different than the way we have lived the last few years. We know our circle of friends and family will understand. The lockdown will definately be in place until December, 6-months after my transplant and then we need to continue to be careful through the first year until my next check up here next June.

In the meantime, I will be followed by my doctors in Sacramento and the plans are all laid out.

Tomorrow I will have some final lab tests and my Hickman chest catheter will be removed.

The final thought today was that I now have the big “C” meaning for the moment a cure. We are packing up and will be home when all the bottles have fallen.

Larry and Sharon