Happy Holidays Again! · 5:46am Dec 25th, 2014
So, I realized I haven't done another update for a few days, and I figure Christmas day is as good as any to do so, so first off—
Happy Holidays, Everyone! And since it's the one that I celebrate, I will also make a point of saying Merry Christmas! Because screw political correctness. 
I unfortunately am spending the holiday in the hospital, as I'm pretty sure I've pointed out already. It sucks, but I will have some family coming, either in person or having them Skyped in from cross-country. I may be limited in the number of visitors I can have in my room, but that's the beauty of technology. 
In terms of my update, it bugs me to say that I am likely going to feel my worst today, on Christmas Day, when all my counts are very low. I also did develop some of the more nasty side effects that I was hoping wouldn't happen, but the docs have said in the past that things will get worse before they get better. Upside? They started giving me pain meds, so hopefully things won't be too obnoxious when I'm chatting with family. Now I just need to power through that "getting worse" phase with a cool head, and that "getting better" part will be all the more satisfying.
It really doesn't surprise me that all of this really shitty stuff is going on, to be honest. What I'm doing is a potential curative procedure for Lymphoma (Keep your fingers crossed for me!), and I knew from the beginning that that wouldn't be an easy process, so I was anticipating a lot of these difficulties. Still, anticipating them and being in the middle of them are two very different things. Hopefully a week of Ensure three times a day will prevent me from losing any more weight, and maybe even gain some of it back.
Well, now that that's over, one more time I'd like to say to you all:
And since I'll be in here for then as well: 
