Friday, April 6, 2007

The First

My name is mike. this is my blog. it is about me.
here is what is happening for me right now.
- i am 20
-i am a university student.
-i am studying by corresponence. anthropology.
-my interests include music production, music, pop culture, cooking and um... reading.
-i have leukemia
-i live with my parents, due to the fact that i am undergoing chemotherapy. you can see my treatment protocal at

http://syndicator.www.emergingmed.com/dfci/my-emergingmed-trials-7/ei?ws-action=http://www.emergingmed.com/pub_search_trial_detail.asp?i_trial_sys_id%3d6612%26i_site_sys_id%3d0,http://www.dana-farber.org/res/clinical/trials/adult/default.html

what else.
i have four siblings, a 19 year old sister who is getting married march 25, an 16 year old brother, a 12 year old sister and a 20 month old adopted sister from china.

my song or the day is casimir pulaski day - sufjan stephens

i feel pretty good today, my hemoglobin was 115 last time i checked, which isn't too bad. although i think it's gone down since then. i'm looking a little pale.
i think part of what i want to do with this blog is help people understand a little about cancer. i didn't know really anything about it before i got it. so i'll try to explain how it has affected my life. and hopefully it will provide some understanding about it and help those who get it, or who know those who have gotten it and understand the challenges that it presents. yup. so i will write more as time goes on.
oh... and i was diagnosed with leukemia in january of this year.