Twixt Rituxan and Ara-C

Yesterday: Rituxan injection, and the usual Benedryl-induced nap mid-treatment. Took most of the afternoon.

Learned that my future (late 2018) vaccinations will be:

• TDap
• MMR
• Flu
• HiB
• Pneumoccal Pneumonia
• But that I will get to keep my natural Chicken Pox immunity

Also learned

Both my brothers and 1 sister are donor-matches for stem cell transplants (something strangely-good about that good fortune), even as it looks more likely that I'll be using my own stem cells.  Its almost like my mother and father must have been matches for each other, or that somehow my mother was only able to carry children that matched.

Tomorrow: Back to Beth Israel in the PM for a 36 hour capstone course of high-dose Ara-C