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Re: Post from Wagers on Mygolfer
Posted: December 15th, 2010, 2:27 pm
by SteveHorn
Wishing you good luck in your fight against this horrible disease. Hopefully early in the new year your wish for approval of the bone marrow transplant will come true.
Re: Post from Wagers on Mygolfer
Posted: December 15th, 2010, 6:07 pm
by Robert D. Wagers
Thank you all for the nice "well-wishes" and "words-of-encouragement!"
I have these
Vidaza® treatments to deal with right now!
Vidaza® is a "Non-Traditional" Chemotherapy drug. It makes one extremely tired and "zaps" your strength; but, it is designed to slow-down the progress of this disease. Once it turns into AML (Acute Myeloid Leukemia), it is fairly hard to treat! The survival rates are not good, once you decline into the AML classification.
I pray every day for this
Vidaza® to work and slow it down enough until I can have this 2nd transplant!
Re: Post from Wagers on Mygolfer
Posted: January 6th, 2011, 4:39 pm
by Robert D. Wagers
I
JUST received "The Call" from Nashville!!! They wanted my sister Julie's phone numbers. They are setting her up for the "donor" portion of the transplant. She has to go first and when they have collected the appropriate-number of stem cells, it will then be my turn!
I guess I am a little nervous now, but am really happy that it seems that it is FINALLY gonna happen!
Lord knows I have
TRIED to remain patient and optimistic, all while dealing with the
Vidaza® treatments... It's been a
long,
dark and
winding road, but I can finally see
"the end of it" up ahead in the distance!
Thanks for reading!
RDW
Re: Post from Wagers on Mygolfer
Posted: January 6th, 2011, 5:13 pm
by SteveHorn
YEAH BABY ! Good luck and keep us updated as much as possible.
Re: Post from Wagers on Mygolfer
Posted: January 7th, 2011, 8:19 am
by tincup
Congrats Bob,
You know we will all be praying for a speedy recovery. I know it will be an ordeal, but you have your beacons to guide you through it. Your family is strong and that little girl you are hugging in the picture is reason enough to see it through.
Best of luck my friend,
Dar
Re: Post from Wagers on Mygolfer
Posted: January 7th, 2011, 8:43 am
by sandwedge
Awesome - this is good news.
Re: Post from Wagers on Mygolfer
Posted: January 7th, 2011, 12:46 pm
by Stan Nehilla
We're with you Wage.
Great news!!!!!!!!!!
Re: Post from Wagers on Mygolfer
Posted: January 8th, 2011, 3:43 pm
by bryce
Great to hear this Robert! I hope this ordeal is going to change for the better. Good luck, and remember we are with you.
Re: Post from Wagers on Mygolfer
Posted: January 9th, 2011, 2:52 am
by Indy Anna Jones
I can only echo the sentiments of our friends here. God bless you, and I pray that this procedure finally does the job and you get well and truly healthy.
Re: Post from Wagers on Mygolfer
Posted: January 14th, 2011, 10:57 am
by Robert D. Wagers
When the Transplant Team called last Thursday, they stated that their call was a 30 to 45-day notification. The clock is "ticking" now! I hope that this transplant is successful, because I don't know how many more chemo cycles my body can take! It has been almost 7 years since my original diagnosis and my body has deteriorated from all the treatments. I'm only 40 but my body makes me feel like I'm 70.
Robert D. Wagers