2nd ASCT - Day 89 - August 15 2012

Slept better last night after I took a Claritin 10 mg. Don't know if that worked or if I was just exhausted...but, I slept.

Walked with Kemmer this morning for 3.32 miles on the Mine Hill climbing up to a ridge over Mackay, Idaho to get panoramic photos showing the forest fire haze in our Big Lost River Valley. This was a climb of 342 feet to an elevation of 6,560 feet or the equivalent of climbing to the 26th floor of a high rise building. The forest fire haze has cleared some, but I still wore my N-95 mask all the way except for one brief photo op with Kemmer. This was my longest walk since my 2nd autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT) on 18 May 2012.

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Wish my arms were longer ~

RN Sandy called from St. Luke's MSTI in Twin Falls and said the vorinostat approval is still in the works with Curascript and they have now involved a supervisor at Curascript. If the medication is approved by my insurance, I will have to wait an additional 5 days as they do not stock the medication. My life is could be hanging on this drug...but, no one is in a HURRY.