It's been so long...

Since Margie hasn't written since her May flowers post, I'm visiting for a week or more and thought I'd just jump in and let you know how the heck she's doing.
In a word: really good. That's two words, but still captures the feeling.
Currently she's dealing with an bit of a nuisance with her eyes: as a result of the radiation to her brain/head, it's affected her eyes in so far as the lubrication of them. We've all got two main lubrication sources with our eyes. The ducts that make them tear and another area that controls the 24 hours lubrication of the eyes. well, her cells in this department (the 24 hour one) haven't been working correctly due to the previously mentioned radiation and so she's had to jump through some hoops what with discomfort, pain, hurting eyeballs, figuring out that an ordinary opthomologist wouldn't suffice and ended up at the hutch last week with a doc that deals with the eyes of transplant patients such as Margie. If you'll pardon the pun,
BULLSEYE! By sunday her eyes were feeling much better and on the road to recovery. They're making a little progress every day. Yesterday she said that if normal were one and bad were 10, she's come to about a four, so that's great.

Overall, she seems terrific. Her day starts with pre-breakfast meds (about 6) then a dessert of about 8 more, comprised of transplant specific drugs and vitamins. The day ends with the same regime. I would describe her energy as steady and consistent, but ready for a nap in the afternoon as well as bed time at night. Her body is at an ideal weight for her height, so she looks fabulously perfect in her clothes. Dissapointingly, her hair has not come back to the pre-leukemia lenghth, luster and fullness that she's enjoyed her entire life, but luckily has a wardrobe of wigs with which she can cover her head.
Some science fiction type results of the stem cell transplant: her nail beds and finger nails have morphed completely into a whole different set of hands. Weirdest thing- her nails have always been sort of "stumpy" if you will and never could grow the coveted 10 nice finger nails. Now, the whole enchilada of the nail bed and nail has completely changed and she's got this long, perfect oval specimins of nail perfection!
Another amazing post transplant side affect: a reduction of some of the wrinkles on her face and chest!! Sign me up already!
I hope this gives you a small overview of how Margies adventure with leukemia is going.
All is well and she's doing great.