Almost July and Doing Great

Torger's comment this morning: "Only the good die young, and I'm not that good."

While that point's debatable, he's definitely still alive! A couple of months ago we marked two years since his diagnosis, and this week we're looking forward to another milestone...a visit from his dad, Jon. Jon has stayed in close contact throughout Torger's illness and been a big support for both of us. He came out for a visit while Torger was going through chemo, but given his heavy international travel schedule, we (and he) have been reluctant to have him visit until Torger was at least partially vaccinated. So we're really looking forward to seeing him now. Torger looks so much better than when he was last here two summers ago. Then, Torger was pale and really thin. Now he's kind of getting a gut! He hates it. This whole past year his doctors were on him to gain weight...eat butter, ice cream, etc. He didn't gain and didn't gain, and then it all came back at once! I think he looks great, but he liked being skinny. We've both been trying to get out and exercise more, which is also important to start rebuilding his stamina.

We're heading out to get T's blood drawn this afternoon, which he only has to do once a month now. I still watch his cell counts closely, even though at this point tiny fluctuations in the numbers probably don't mean a lot. But as he transitions to fewer and fewer doctors' visits, we've got to be paying even closer attention ourselves for any signs of a relapse. So far, there have been none, but until he's gotten a few years down the road, we can't really relax.