I was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) on February 17, 2015 and, subsequently, spent 56 nights inpatient at St. Luke's Hospital in Milwaukee being treated by a truly wonderful nursing team on the 12th floor. On July 28, to celebrate my final four-day inpatient chemotherapy treatment session, I biked 19.5 miles from our home in Brookfield, WI to St. Luke's. I felt so good to overcome the bite of ALL and continue to do one of the things I love to do ... Biking.
On Tuesday, September 1, the day before my birthday, I again biked from home to St. Luke's where I was rewarded with the news that my bone marrow biopsy contained "ZERO BLAST"!!! I am now in remission while continuing on a maintenance regimen for the next two to three years.
I am not a hero by any means. I just thought it was a nice personal accomplishment of sorts to bike at this stage of ALL.
Thomas
Leukemia survivor
We are Blood Cancer United.
myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS)
Leukemia Survivor
Volunteer
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML)
Leukemia Survivor
T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL)
acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)
acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)
volunteer and caregiver
acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)
acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and acute myeloid leukemia (AML)
pre-B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (pre-B-ALL)