I WANT MY ROCKSTARS DEAD.
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Follow Up of the Day: In an update posted to his Tumblr blog, Photojojo and Jelly founder and all-around good guy Amit Gupta relays the amazing news that he has found a 10/10 matched donor and will be heading to Boston tomorrow to start the transplant process.
When last we left Amit, he had just been diagnosed with Acute Leukemia. His doctor told him he needed to find a bone marrow donor right away — no simple task for a person of South Asian descent.
Thankfully, the Internet stepped up and offered to help.
100 donor drives and countless of reblogs, tweets, and Facebook posts later, and Amit has found his match. “You all literally helped save my life,” Amit says in his post, adding “(And the lives of many others.)”
As for what happens next, he elaborates:
Tomorrow, I’ll be admitted to Dana Farber in Boston for 4-5 weeks.
First I’ll get a second Hickman line to allow direct access to my heart (for meds and for nutrients if I’m not able to eat). Over the next week, the docs blast my body with a stiff chemo cocktail to try anderadicate all traces of cancer cells. In the process, the immune system I was born with, and my body’s ability to make blood, are destroyed.
Next Friday, I get my donor’s stem cells by IV. I start onimmunosuppressants to prevent my body from rejecting them (I’ll be on them for 12-18 months). For these weeks I’ve no immune system, so I’m severely vulnerable to viruses and bacteria. My hospital room and hallway become my world.
Meanwhile, the stem cells make their way to my bone marrow and, with some luck, start producing platelets, red blood cells, and white blood cells. At this point, my blood type changes to the blood type of my donor. And my blood will now have my donor’s DNA, not my own.
This is science fiction stuff. I can hardly believe it’s even possible, and there’s lots of chances for things to go wrong. It’s frightening.
Getting back to “normal” takes time, and there are plenty of obstacles along the way. But Amit’s odds are pretty good given his age, and he knows his family and friends are there to support him every step of the way.
“A few months ago I didn’t have many options,” he says. “Today I have a plan. I am alive. I start tomorrow. Wish me luck!”
Good luck, Amit!
[superamit.]
What a good story, and one certainly that hits close to home. I posted about this on here a couple of months ago.
I can only imagine what kind of hopelessness and confusion one feels when diagnosed with cancer this early in life. Just kidding. No I can’t.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly0hgdPYpF1qz72dio1_500.jpg)
Follow Up of the Day: In an update posted to his Tumblr blog, Photojojo and Jelly founder and all-around good guy Amit Gupta relays the amazing news that he has found a 10/10 matched donor and will be heading to Boston tomorrow to start the transplant process.
When last we left Amit, he had just been diagnosed with Acute Leukemia. His doctor told him he needed to find a bone marrow donor right away — no simple task for a person of South Asian descent.
Thankfully, the Internet stepped up and offered to help.
100 donor drives and countless of reblogs, tweets, and Facebook posts later, and Amit has found his match. “You all literally helped save my life,” Amit says in his post, adding “(And the lives of many others.)”
As for what happens next, he elaborates:
Tomorrow, I’ll be admitted to Dana Farber in Boston for 4-5 weeks.
First I’ll get a second Hickman line to allow direct access to my heart (for meds and for nutrients if I’m not able to eat). Over the next week, the docs blast my body with a stiff chemo cocktail to try anderadicate all traces of cancer cells. In the process, the immune system I was born with, and my body’s ability to make blood, are destroyed.
Next Friday, I get my donor’s stem cells by IV. I start onimmunosuppressants to prevent my body from rejecting them (I’ll be on them for 12-18 months). For these weeks I’ve no immune system, so I’m severely vulnerable to viruses and bacteria. My hospital room and hallway become my world.
Meanwhile, the stem cells make their way to my bone marrow and, with some luck, start producing platelets, red blood cells, and white blood cells. At this point, my blood type changes to the blood type of my donor. And my blood will now have my donor’s DNA, not my own.
This is science fiction stuff. I can hardly believe it’s even possible, and there’s lots of chances for things to go wrong. It’s frightening.
Getting back to “normal” takes time, and there are plenty of obstacles along the way. But Amit’s odds are pretty good given his age, and he knows his family and friends are there to support him every step of the way.
“A few months ago I didn’t have many options,” he says. “Today I have a plan. I am alive. I start tomorrow. Wish me luck!”
Good luck, Amit!
[superamit.]
What a good story, and one certainly that hits close to home. I posted about this on here a couple of months ago.
I can only imagine what kind of hopelessness and confusion one feels when diagnosed with cancer this early in life. Just kidding. No I can’t.
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I know there are enough cats on the Internet as is, but COME ON. THIS IS AWESOME.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxred6cghy1qzpwi0o1_500.png)
[kym.]
I know there are enough cats on the Internet as is, but COME ON. THIS IS AWESOME.
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PROUD OF YOU
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Ain’t nothing to fuck with.
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2011
I don’t know how much I learned versus how much was confirmed. Going into the year, I kind of thought that the universe was good and people were bad. Coming out, I’m feeling slightly the opposite.
I guess I’ve learned that having the best of intentions doesn’t mean that other people will see it that way. I also learned that a person is trying to make it appear as if they have good intentions does not necessarily indicate that they do.
I learned the difference between having fun and being reckless. I learned that people make a lot of mistakes. The people who care will forgive. I learned that the most faith I have in people are those who look at my mistakes and tell me that we’re going to fix them.
I’ve confirmed that people use social networking mostly to hurt others. I’ve confirmed that girls are still mainly concerned with gossip. I’ve confirmed that guys are still mostly concerned with girls.
Lastly, I’ve confirmed that if god exists, he’s an asshole.
In 2012, we will go hard in the paint.
Tomorrow
I try hard to keep my personal business off of the Internet. I don’t think airing details of your private things is an admirable quality, especially considering it will almost definitely affect somebody else. But here’s my attempt.
