Just got an email from Joy (she is traveling at the moment), her second period started this morning.
We had a long conversation this morning while i drove to work, she has been gone for some 10+ days now and i miss her. This morning i woke up missing her tons. Being away from each other [...]
Today, Saturday April 26, 2008
I started my first natural period in over four years
As many of you have been following and supporting me on this crazy ride I wanted to share with you all the news
This means that the ovary is working and we can start trying to get pregnant for real!!!
Close to a week since the operation and Joy is doing well. It has been a time to get rest, and stay close to home. The incision is healing well, and the pain is going down every day. It is now again a waiting period. Waiting and getting regular monthly blood work to [...]
Got discharged from the hospital today. Already a quicker recovery than last time
Also Joy can eat regular food, all good things.
Today we got a visit from Dr. Derosa, Dr. Silber, and the Dr from Japan that developed the vitrification process that was used to freeze the ovarian tissue. (will get her name soon).
All the [...]
A long day today. Joy is feeling ok tonight, with some pain but not as much as last February. They have her on some pain medication which puts her out, which is good since it has her get some needed rest. Dr. Silber came by in the afternoon to check up on her, [...]
Joy is out of the OR. I spoke with Dr. Silber who said it all whent very well. I got to see some pictures of the procedure, and the new implanted tissue. I have not gotten a chance to see her yet, but will be able to soon.
Dr. Silber had some preliminary feedback on [...]
It has been a long time since we have posted any news. We have been waiting a bit to post. The last few months have been ones to given to figure out what has been happening with the transplant from February. From the results of all the test we can only conclude that it didn’t [...]
Tonight Joy and I attended “Down to a Science cafe”.
A close friend Kish has put together a monthly event in San Francisco where the science and health professionals and the community at large can interact and a dialogue on a certain topic. Tonight’s topic: fertility.
It was awesome to see two experts in the [...]
Took me a little while, and here it is.
Some comments on the piece. They filmed at our home and at Golden Gate park. They have Maeapple’s name as Mae :), but she goes by Maeapple.
Joy was 27 when she was diagnosed with Lymphoma, also the pictures used to show her at the hospital are [...]
Today marks the 21st day post op.
The past week for me has been a bit of a whirlwind, I had to take some time and slow down. Work has picked up quite a bit, i needed to put in some extra time at that. Slowing down for me is hard sometimes, i just [...]