Tested positive for COVID this morning 😞

My symptoms are mild (so far). Isolating and resting. Stay safe everyone.

Just got my COVID booster and flu shot 💉 💪

Can’t believe it’s been 10 years since my transplant. My deepest gratitude to family and friends who saw me through, and to my friends at Hackensack UMC who saved my life.

This new healthcare overhaul bill in the senate is already deeply unpopular, but for anyone still unconvinced, I’d like to add my own story to the mix. Bluntly put, if the ACA (Obamacare) had … Read more

Well this news is already more than two weeks old, but here it is nonetheless! January 19th, 2011 marked my one year anniversary (second birthday) of my transplant, and I got a pretty clean bill of … Read more

I would like to take this opportunity to transcribe a whacked out dream I had early this morning about frogs. It was very vivid and painful, as well as bizarre, and in my mind, amusing. But enough … Read more

Well hello again folks! Once again I have been a bad blogger and neglected this one for quite some time, so consider this post both my apology and my attempt at rectification. There have been several … Read more

Good news folks, my health has improved in the decade since my last post! Well, decade is a bit of exaggeration, but it has been a while. I have been out of the hospital for several months now, and … Read more

Just got my in grown toenail (#7…I know it’s gross) operated on! Wasn’t that bad.

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I’m out! Through cunning, misdirection, careful planning, bribes, an elaborate disguise kit, and the permission of my doctor, I was sprang from the hospital this past Wednesday. It kind of looked like … Read more

Well, I’ve been in the hospital for two and a half weeks, and my billirueben has been steadily going down. It did go up twice, but then continued to go down. Over the weekend, my doctor switched me to … Read more

Today is Wednesday May 26th, the fifth day of my latest stint in the hospital. I’ve been getting the photophoreisis every morning since Monday, and it’s been going well. The procedure itself is pretty … Read more

Well I’m going back into the hospital! Turns out the oral prednisone I was taking at home didn’t really work the way the IV drip prednisone did, so my billireuben went up. I was actually supposed be … Read more

Well I’m going back into the hospital! Turns out the oral prednisone I was taking at home didn’t really work the way the IV drip prednisone did, so my billireuben went up. I was actually supposed be … Read more

Finally, after a week of siting around in the hospital, and waiting around all day today, I was discharged from the hospital! Thanks to my Aunt Terry for hanging out with me all day and driving me … Read more

Hello everyone! Sorry that it has been so incredibly long since my last post, however in my defense, there wasn’t anything that juicy to report. Now, finally, there’s some drama! For anyone who … Read more

I am cancer free! On the flip side, I’m back in the hospital for Graft vs Host of the liver.

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Yay, bone marrow’s done! On the other hand I probably have GVHD and am getting a colonoscopy tomorrow. I’m also 67% Laura.

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Before I get into the leukemia update portion of this post, I would like to announce the launch of my website, www.hypnotictoast.com! It collects all my digitizable work to date, and will be a major … Read more

Well, it’s taken me a few days longer to come up with the second part of catching up with transplant boy, but the Olympics were on! Man, that final hockey game was so amazing, I may just start … Read more

Welcome one and all, to another long overdue post! A lot has happened since I said I was going to get a transplant, namely the transplant, but I’ll try to summarize as best I can the last two months. … Read more

I apologize for not posting for a while, but I’ve been busy, and busy equals news, so here it is: I am going to get the stem cell transplant. In fact, I’m being admitted into the hospital today … Read more

It certainly has been a while since my last post, and for all those fiending for new material, I apologize. Some wild stuff has been going down in my life, and I been swept around, this way and that, … Read more

This past Thursday I went into the doctor’s office to get my weekly blood test; the numbers revealed that my bone marrow had yet to bounce back, and that my platelet level in particular was even lower … Read more

So remember that screenshot I posted of a cartoon I said I was going to finish in a week a month ago? Well, I finally finished it. All two minutes of it. Here it is, and let me know what you think! … Read more