So somewhat bad news, they called me back yesterday because the cytogenetic analysis of my bone marrow indicates the leukemia is still there, so Monday I’ll be readmitted at Dartmouth Hitchcock for another round of induction chemotherpy — it’ll be a lot like the first two rounds I went through, but not the exact same since whenever something survives one treatment they try to come at it from a different angle. I don’t know the details exactly but my guess is it’ll be about a week, and after that they’ll try to go right into the transplant process, so I’ll be moved down to Mass General.

It’s scary, which I’m sure is natural. Though I feel somewhat prepared, since the original cytogenetic analysis indicated it was likely to come back anyway, and also because I figure the next step was to knock out my immune system entirely to prepare it for the donated immune cells, so it seems like another round of induction fits in well with the planned process anyway. That’s just speculation though, I’ll ask the doctor Monday and get a better idea of what I’m facing, and try to keep this up to date.