The Last HCL Update?
Dr. Wessmann called before I'd had my first glass of iced coffee this morning:
"I have great news from your tests. Your counts are fabulous! You have less than 1% hairy cells in your marrow."
"There are still some alive!?"
"Yeah--the chemo allowed your body's immune system to fight the rest of them from here on. Anything up to 15% hairy cells is considered a full remission."
Well, all right then. I don't entirely understand, but I don't need to. I'm down to monthly checkups now through the summer, which will go to quarterly or so if all is well in the fall. With luck, there'll be no more news to report until, in a few years, I'm pronounced cured.