Got a phone call yesterday confirming that my bro is coming late January for doctors workups and we do the cell switch Feb 5th.
Now for those that aren't playing along at home and want a recap like in the soaps here goes.
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Super Bro beside the machine that separates his cells and bags the ones I need |
6 years ago Chris's bone marrow cells were a bit crappy so his real brother (not the fake twin they killed off in an earlier episode) came over to Queensland and gave some T-cells so Chris could start a new line of blood and immune system. This seemed to work a treat as his marrow smartened up for 5 years. In an episode in Dec 2011 they discovered that his fibrosis (fibrous growth inside the bones that prevents the blood cells growing properly) was back. this is technically "the Cancer". You know unregulated growth of cells you don't want. So the writers of our little soap thought it would be good to explore the many ways to ramp up Chris' immune system to fight the fibrous himself. They tried taking him off the immune suppression drugs. Nope. They tried injecting him with Interferon three times a week. Nope. But it was fun getting bluey to stick pins in me though. Now we are trying a new thing. The Bro is coming, The Bro is coming and he is going to give me some of his top grade lymphocytes, It is hoped these will cause me to have a Graft (new bone marrow) versus Host (my body) Disease. Or in this specific case its also know as Graft versus Leukeamic effect. The new cells are part of The Bro's regular immune system and they should target and kill my fibrosis. They may also go after my skin, my gut, and my liver but ..... but I have lost the soapie style.
So our star Chris will be sucking the Super Bro cells about 2:00pm Feb 5th Stay tuned!
more later
Chris
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