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There are things one hears when going through a Bone Marrow Transplant, and one of the lines is “well, this is the new normal.” What does that mean? The new normal? Well, I suppose I am finding out…and I don’t know if I like it. Astrid walking at Berkeley Marina 4/13/2012 I really struggled with the decision to have the…
You’ve probably read Anthony’s run down of the events that occurred in August, but I thought that I would post something from my perspective. How would you react if someone told you that you have cancer? “I am not ready to die.” was my first thought. Then I thought about my travels and my life, and thought “Wait, who is…
The Roadblock Four weeks ago neither Astrid nor I ever would have thought that a blood cancer would throw a set of proverbial tire spikes in front of our round the world overland trip, but that’s exactly what happened. There’s no way we could have known. Acute Myeloid Leukemia is a life-changing blood cancer. It comes on quickly, progresses rapidly…
“I don’t think it’s anemia, I hate to break the bad news, but after looking at the blood tests, it’s looking to me like leukemia.” Obviously these are the words no one ever wants to hear, but this was Astrid’s diagnosis. How It Started: I took my wife and the other half of the Overland Nomads team, Astrid into the…