A few more weeks have passed… where was I? Oh, right. Relapse. Three un-great options to get back into remission so that I can get the transplant. It turns out, there was another option. A new drug which was only approved in December of 2022. Olutasidenib. A drug so obscure that the UCSF team didn’t…
Category: science
AML News, Part 10
Yes, boys and girls, it’s time for another installment of the exciting saga “Garth’s Seemingly Endless Good News/Bad News Unfunny Joke.” In this eventful episode, there’s both good news and bad news galore. Giant watertanks full of news. Here are some highlights. First the good news. The fundraising worked well. Let me reiterate my ginormous…
AML News, part 9
Oh, boy. Lots of stuff has been happening. This could be a long one. Let’s start with a crude outline: Introduction and wide angle update Party, On, Garth! overview Gratitude Party On, Garth! Booze license saga Looking ahead Introduction and updates Nearly all of the news is good. My short-term health continues to be OK….
AML News, Part 8
I’ve been trying to be cheerful and optimistic through this journey, but my optimism is being stretched thin. Ironically, it’s not my immediate medical condition that’s got me aggravated; I actually feel OK. It’s not the long-term prognosis; that’s still pretty good. It’s not even the month in the hospital with the treatment and transplant…
AML News, Part 7
It’s been a long time since I’ve updated this beast; I’d better get on it or casual site visitors will assume I’m dead. I’m planning on doing two posts in quick succession. This one will be a matter-of-fact update about where I’ve been and where I am, AML-wise. The second will be the beginnings of…
AML Hospitalization News/Journal, Part 6
Well, it’s been a while, I suppose I should write another hospitalization post. The problem is, there’s very little news to report. I continue to be stuck in the hospital. I continue to feel OK. The doctors say I’ll be able to go home for a few weeks when my blood counts, especially the neutrophils,…
AML Hospitalization News/Journal, Part 5
Well, it’s gotten less boring, anyway. I’ve had some unpleasant side effects, some due diligence diagnostics, and some real data has to how effective the treatments have been so far. One evening, I started experiencing gut pain. It was pretty bad, a little like my old diverticulitis episodes. But it was not accompanied by a…
AML Hospitalization News/Journal, Part 4
Boring is good. That’s what the doctors told me at the start of chemo. My condition is very good. Boredom accomplished. I’ve been incarcerated for three and a half eternities, and I’ll probably be here for a couple more. The treatment continues to go well. I haven’t had any serious side effects. My blood counts…
Why I am mean to anti-vaxxers
Dear Anti-vaxxer, No, I will not watch your three-hour celebration of stupid on Youtube. No, I will not read the latest screed on some obscure rightwing “news” site. No, I will not calmly, respectfully rebut every single point in your preposterous Gish Gallop. We’ve been through all of this over and over and over and…
Newbie or Noob?
I recently joined a discussion listserve group. It uses an old-fashioned technology, email, to communicate people’s missives to the group. People are then free to comment. It mostly consists of people posting really stupid stuff, other people pointing out how stupid the stuff is, and then the posters of stupid stuff complain about how the…