Next trip to MDA

I have my next trip to MD Anderson in January. Unfortunately, Jana will have to stay home because she is having surgery this week and won't be able to travel. It is great to go to the best cancer hospital in the world, but it can and does get expensive just to make the trip. Luckily, yesterday Southwest had a 1/2 fare sale for flights in an out of STL. That works great. Cheryl lives close enough to drive me to the airport and I can park at her house. So I got a round trip ticket to Houston for the price of a one way! I'll use the difference to pay for a rental car. I'll stay at Becky's house. When Tom was still alive, but unable to drive, he would let me borrow his car. If I had a multi-day appointment, I would. But with Tom gone, and Becky extremely busy, that doesn't really work. It is actually cheaper to rent a car, than to pay for transport from the airport to their house and back. And for sure renting a car for 3 days is cheaper than 3 days in a hotel.

I just can't say how much friends have meant to me since I got CLL. It's a stupid disease! My appointment will involve re-staging with a CT scan and a Bone Marrow Biopsy. I'll see Dr. Keating and Dr Shpall. I'm not sure when I'll go ahead with the transplant. Again, my thought is: as long as I am doing well I'm not sure the risk is worth it.

That's all for now.