T+254: Changes in the works.

I’ve been thinking about writing a new post a lot over the last few weeks, but there are too many things about which I want to write bumping around in my head. I owe my readers a post about the U2 concert back in June, a post about how much fun we’re having with Darby (complete with pics and videos!), a few posts about the spiritual journey Jen and I have been on, and of course a health update. Even though I’m not back to work yet, it seems like there isn’t enough time to get everything done in the time frame I want. For now, the easiest thing is a health update, so here it is.

Healthwise, I’m doing pretty good. As of this morning, I’m off Gengraf (immunosuppressant) completely. I saw Dr. Carroll two weeks ago, and he commented that my blood chemistry looked great. My WBC is still a little low (2.6 that day), but it’s been holding its own without Neupogen for the last six weeks. My platelets are also low (75k), but similarly steady. I’m still avoiding sun exposure and being careful to avoid sick people, but otherwise am leading a fairly normal life. Except for going to work, that is. I see Dr. Carroll again in two weeks, and I’m hoping I’ll be cleared to go back to work. It’s been 13 months since I began my leave of absence, and it will certainly be an adjustment when I return.

The next bone marrow biopsy will be in about 3 months. I’m not anticipating frequent health updates since I won’t be seeing Dr. Carroll as often. Instead, I’m hoping to transition to writing about the topics mentioned above, and whatever else comes to mind. I can’t promise the highest quality content all the time, but feel free to continue reading and commenting.

The other change is the domain of this site. Back when I started this blog and registered the kritiostodd.com domain name, blogs were just starting out. I had a bunch of big ideas for what I wanted in a website, and never really implemented them. The functions and features that WordPress provides are enough for my purposes, so I probably won’t renew my domain name when it comes up later this fall. For those who aren’t familiar with domain names, you can always get to this blog at kritiostodd.wordpress.com.

That’s it for now. More news as warranted.

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