Amazed at what you're going through and how well you are handling it! Hope the treatment is successful. Good luck!

You´re climbing your hardest mountain in the greatest style.
Thanks

You possess an Inner Strength that often reminds me of a 'George Harrison' gem ... may your Karma level seek instant Equilibrium


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Good one Larry!

Thanks everyone for the kind words...
Soon I'll be out of the hospital, in a couple weeks, and hit some mountain asap for new mountain pages, TR and photos!

Wait and see...

So sorry to hear about your headaches...As one who has been through headaches for more than 30 years I can feel some of your pain. I've been thinking of you lately and hoping for the best and it sounds like you are 'fighting the fight' well! Please continue to update us through all your ups and downs! We are at your side in spirit!

I wish you all the best, dear Paulo, and i hope you're very near to win your hardest peak.
alberto

Paulo, you're gonna make it, I know it. Great to hear you're hitting the mountains again. Take care brother!

Dear Paulo, i always remember you in my positive thoughts. Carry on, my friend, i hope soon you'll be free!

I'm afraid I have some dirturbing news folks.

I did a couple days ago a x-ray looking for the source of my constant cough and chest pain (light pain), it looked clear. Good. But x-ray is not the best image we can have. So next day I did a Tomography to be sure it was all okay. Well...The X-ray is not a very reliable test, that's why I did the tomography.

And the truth was revealed: 3 small nodules inside my left lung, I have a fungal infection.

Unfortunatelly, this is a serious condition for a patient that is yet in aplasia post-chemo. Almost certain death for patients half way between the last dose of chemo and the end of the aplasia, CERTAIN death for patients that just got the last dose. I am on the last days of my aplasia, but, I don't have any white blood cells yet. So, there's a pretty big chance I die.

I keep a spreadsheet with my blood test (yeah, I am a nerd hehehe) so I have a very clear view of my bone marrow behaviour after the chemo, and according to my numbers, I am just 4 days away from the sleeping beauty to wake up.

So, we're gonna start a new drug, stronger, to try to hold the infection as long as we can, hoping that my bone marrow wakes up soon. It's that simple, if my bone marrow takes too long, I'm dead, if she follows the previous patterns, and she did like a robot at the first 4 chemos (and I am hoping it does again hehehe), I have a fighting chance and I'll probably live.

Once again, my life hangs in the balance...But let's make one thing pretty clear: I'm not afraid to die, not at all. My wife knows the risk, I already called her and told the news. I just try to look at things objectively resulting in rational decisions.

I'll need luck now!

Have been telling you guys everything that happens, so a little heads up won't hurt!

Despite the fact my bone marrow is a bitch that works against me, I trust her to do the right thing. Well, kinda have to don't I? ahahahah...So once again, GOOD VIBES to Brazil folks! 110% bigger please! \o/

Parofes

Here's hoping Parofes... sending good vibes my man...

Sending you the best of the good vibes my heart can generate!

luck

Good vibes are on the way man! You are an incredibly brave man. May the best of luck be with you.

Come on Marrow! Good luck, man.

You probably don't remember the 1960's, but here's a song from a Canadian rock band that really hits HOME right now ... hang in there, hombre .....


And, here is the final spoken verse to the song ...

"They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint:
my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels ...
My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my
jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death."

(The message is simple : Hang on to your Life.)

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