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3 year old Lethargic Old Man

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...I had to think of a good opposite to 'bouncing baby boy'. Happy 3rd Birthday to me ! Three years ago today, I received my Stem Cell transplant.  I seem to be so far going good ! News over the last year ? Nothing too exciting.  I am now down to every 6 months between checkups with my oncologist and they feel everything is going very well.  I am getting monthly phlebotomy where they take out a pint of blood, and chuck it into the wastebin.  The reason is to try and lower my iron levels which are crazy high due to all the blood transfusions. The GVHD symptoms have been benign, and result in very dry flaky skin on the head and face.  My hair while very fast growing is just too thin to let grow long.  After it get about a cm long, it just looks horrible, like I am a cancer patient.  Keeping the hair also winds up making the GVHD rashes on my scalp worse.  I just shave it daily now. Other than that, everything is good, and I am one lucky dude ! Special future s