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This is the forth version of my web page. As I become more
proficient at web design and HTML, I continue to modify and
inprove this site. It is a work in progress. Hopefully, each
version is an improvement over the prior one...

This page replaces my original pages. As with the original ones,
this one is to tell you all the latest in medical information
related to my transplant. For a general discussion of MDS, click
on the MDS link to the left. If you are interested in the
treatment I received right after my transplant, click here. This
will take you to my first site which contains both the
information about MDS and my progress through the transplant
process and recovery.

I am going to eliminate the early medical information from this
version to simplify the updating of this site. Information
contained on this site will be from December 2005 onward.

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So, what happens when you are diagnosed with cancer? Your
entire world is transformed! All those things that you thought
were important to you are suddenly at the bottom of the list (if
even still on the list). All your priorities are scrambled and a
whole new set takes over.

I would recommend to all of you out there to take a long hard
look at your life and rearrange your priorities. Work and "toys"
are suddenly at the bottom of the list...

I give thanks to my sister who was tested, matched to my
"type" and came out to Seattle to donate her stem cells for my
transplant. Without that, I would not be sitting here writing this
page...

Special thanks go out to my wife Jan, daughter Samantha, and
my sister-in-law Helen who labored as my care givers. I know I
was not always the most pleasant of patients during the time in
Seattle and since coming home. I thank each of you for you
patience.

I also want to thank those friends and family who visited me
while I was locked up either in Seattle, or here at home after
returning from Seattle.

Most of all, I want to thank God, for all things are possible with
him!