Yesterday I had my 100 day post-transplant bone marrow biopsy at the University of Chicago. I'm really beginning to hate that procedure. The one I had a few months back hurt like hell, and so did this one. My lower hip area will be sore for weeks. My doctors expect the results to come back good and clear of cancer. I cannot help but be a little concerned about hearing the results though. Providing the results come back clear, Dr. Artz has released me to return to work part-time. So, as a result, I've started communications with our Human Resources department to get the paper trail started. Even if it's only part-time at first, I'm very excited to finally be returning to work.
I still have my rash and it hasn't seem to have gotten any better. I saw the Dermatologist yesterday as well, and they are still relatively at a loss. They did however give it a name: "granuloma annulare." In other words, it's a mysterious allergic skin rash that usually clears up within 3 years. Nice. Meanwhile, the lesion areas are starting to peel and it itches like crazy. They prescribed me an ointment for it and I'm still taking Prednisone, but it still hasn't gotten better. But, in the grand scheme of things, I could be doing much worse.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
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Thursday, August 27, 2009
Returning to Work
Yesterday I had my 100 day post-transplant bone marrow biopsy at the University of Chicago. I'm really beginning to hate that procedure. The one I had a few months back hurt like hell, and so did this one. My lower hip area will be sore for weeks. My doctors expect the results to come back good and clear of cancer. I cannot help but be a little concerned about hearing the results though. Providing the results come back clear, Dr. Artz has released me to return to work part-time. So, as a result, I've started communications with our Human Resources department to get the paper trail started. Even if it's only part-time at first, I'm very excited to finally be returning to work.
I still have my rash and it hasn't seem to have gotten any better. I saw the Dermatologist yesterday as well, and they are still relatively at a loss. They did however give it a name: "granuloma annulare." In other words, it's a mysterious allergic skin rash that usually clears up within 3 years. Nice. Meanwhile, the lesion areas are starting to peel and it itches like crazy. They prescribed me an ointment for it and I'm still taking Prednisone, but it still hasn't gotten better. But, in the grand scheme of things, I could be doing much worse.
I still have my rash and it hasn't seem to have gotten any better. I saw the Dermatologist yesterday as well, and they are still relatively at a loss. They did however give it a name: "granuloma annulare." In other words, it's a mysterious allergic skin rash that usually clears up within 3 years. Nice. Meanwhile, the lesion areas are starting to peel and it itches like crazy. They prescribed me an ointment for it and I'm still taking Prednisone, but it still hasn't gotten better. But, in the grand scheme of things, I could be doing much worse.
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