Lollipop?

The details for the next Seattle Cancer Care Alliance appointment are beginning to fall in place.  Since I had two transplants and the second was the big one, the date of that transplant is a very important day to remember.  The next appointment is meant to fall on the first year anniversary of that date.  They call it a birthday.  It's the day I took on the stem cells of a total stranger and eventually accepted his bone marrow and blood as well.  November 6, 2015 was the day of my allogeneic transplant.

The follow-up appointment will last four days starting on November 7.  I know they will pull some more bone marrow from my hip.  This will be the eighth time for that procedure.  They will poke around, looking for problems and hopefully not finding anything.  On the last day, before I race back to Alaska for an evening symphony rehearsal, they plan to give me a redo of my immunization shots.  Since I have new blood, all immunity shots went away with my former blood.  The last time I received those shots, I remember receiving  a sugar cube and a lollipop.  I may be setting my hopes too high but I firmly believe going through a stem cell transplant and getting sick for several month due of the transplant deserves another lollipop.  We'll see.