[traceyn11]

Hi Paul - Thanks for your very inspiring message. I knew I could count on you and the others here to help me feel more positive. By the way, my daughter thinks it's funny that you call me a badass! I didn't know you had gone through all that before getting your transplant and the survivor that had bleeding on the brain and his spleen removed- wow!

I know my doctor was just trying to be honest with me, but I am not giving up now. Honestly, I wish he had not given me any odds or told me the blast count. I always remember my sister in law whose mother died of breast cancer years ago. The dr. told her she had x amount of months to live and that was all she focused on and of course she died after that amount of time. My sister in law who is a nurse, was furious about it. I know the doctors are just doing their job, but I think they should ask if you want to know.