As you may have gathered from earlier postings, we have 'honored teammates'. Honored teammates are people who have had blood cancers, and who interact regularly with our team. It has been encouraging and heart wrenching to hear their stories.
I have two honored teammates, and one very special honored teammate that I am racing in memory of. I would like to introduce you to each of these teammates. This is Mark. Mark was originally diagnosed in November 2001 with Stage III Hodgkin's lymphoma. He immediately underwent chemo. A year later relapsed, and underwent further chemotherapy. During this time he was being prepared for a bone marrow transplant.
Several days before his transplant a routine EKG showed an irregular heart beat. Two days later he had surgery to correct his heart condition, and then went immediately to the transplant ward to receive his bone marrow transplant. Two months later he relapsed again. Mark is now cancer free-- although the there have been complications from the transplant including brain lesions. Additionally, the steroids he was given attacked his hip bones and he has had both hips replaced.
Several days before his transplant a routine EKG showed an irregular heart beat. Two days later he had surgery to correct his heart condition, and then went immediately to the transplant ward to receive his bone marrow transplant. Two months later he relapsed again. Mark is now cancer free-- although the there have been complications from the transplant including brain lesions. Additionally, the steroids he was given attacked his hip bones and he has had both hips replaced.
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