ok. ok. i'm sorry.

needless to say, I'm down to about one post per month (two at best).

In this case, the old adage - no news is good news. I don't go back to the doc until early February and even then I probably won't see blood results back for three or four weeks (this is the test they send out of state to be read). I am hopeful that it will say that I am well on my way to a cytogenic response but have prepared myself in the event that it is not the case. I am still on 400mg daily of the Gleevec which is the lowest dosage so they could probably just increase my intake if I don't get the results Dr. Cripe is looking for. The only downside is going to 600mg daily would increase the cost of my drugs $1,500/month (of which I would still only pay $30) which is probably killing our HR person at the office.

Kristin is hopefully boarding a plane home as we speak. Been a busy travel month for her with a couple trips to NYC and one to Chicago. This in turn means a little more single parenting for me - though our kids a pretty awesome and easy 90% of the time. Even tonight I've got them both fed, read and happily in bed by 7:30 (which is good since our little guys start their day at exactly 6am).

It was a pretty awesome day outside. 12" of snow in fell last night - very much reminds me of home. Only 9 of us made it into the office (3 on time) so it was a really quiet day. I spent the first half on snow removal duty which included a shovel, snowblower and Bobcat and the second half knocking out some boring research that I had been putting off.

Eli turns 5 tomorrow, hope to get some photos of the festivities after the weekend.

Anyhoo.

I'll be around.