I am feeling great and doing all the things I had hoped to do in life. I haven't gone back to work yet, but I'm not sure I will...at least for a while! I am doing a lot of volunteering though. My days are busy. I walk and exercise almost daily, as well as attend mass frequently during the week. Jerry and I have had some opportunities for traveling with his work related functions and we were even able to take a family ski vacation in Banff Canada this winter.
Below is a photo of our team "The Marrow-thoners" from the March for Marrow 5K run/walk sponsored by the AAMDS foundation (Aplastic Anemia and Myelodysplastic Syndromes). The run raises money for research and awareness about bone marrow failure diseases. The event was organized in conjunction with the University of Houston's Frontier Fiesta on March . In addition, "Be the Match" had a bone marrow swabbing station and more badly needed potential donors were added to the National Bone Marrow registry. The weather was fabulous and it was a joy to share this event with my family and friends.
Guess who I ran into at the race?... my Leukemia/MDS specialist at MD Anderson, Dr. Garcia- Manero. It was great to give him a big thank you hug! You can see him in the photo next to me! What a powerful day! I never dreamed that one day I would be able to be walking and raising awareness for the disease that nearly took my life!
I will go back to MD Anderson this Thursday for a follow up bone marrow biopsy and blood work. Thank you, Jesus, for staying by my side through all my trials and joys in life!
