Tonight would have been game six. Today is my last immunotherapy treatment.
I was diagnosed with cancer a few days before Christmas of 2021. The Celtics signed Joe Johnson to a ten-day contract and we played the Cavs the first night I was admitted to the hospital.
It took a month and two bone marrow biopsies to diagnose me with Multiple Myeloma, a blood cancer. I received & continue to receive wonderful care at the Alfond Cancer Center in Augusta Maine. I also want to thank Dr Sperling and everyone at Dana Farber and Brigham & Women's, who gave me my stem cell transplant on July 5, 2022. My second re-birthday is just around the corner
The meds and preparation for the transplant took a lot out of me in 2022. I slept through a lot of games and missed all but a few quarters of those finals.
This has been such a great week. To finish my treatment and to be so very happy that this Celtics team gets to celebrate being champions. That I was able to follow them to the final horn.
Tonight will be the last night I wont be able to sleep, due to Dexamethasone. But, it won't be because of fear of a Celtics loss.
Thank you to the Boston Celtics. Thank you to the Port Cellar.
Fellow cancer survivor, also treated at D-F. Congratulations on your successful treatment. I felt the same way. The Celtics also brought a lot of joy and distraction during my treatment. Those couple of hours of escape a few times a week really helped, as did coming on this board often, reading posts from suck knowledgeable and passionate Celtics fans.
In my many trips to Dana-Farber and Brigham’s and Womens hospitals, I thought about how some of the sports teams I have supported feverishly over my life had contributed to the facilities that have treated me, with the Jimmy Fund, and with the huge donations that Robert and Myra Kraft have given to B&W over the years.
In one of my lowest treatment days, I sat near the Jimmy Fund statue outside of Dana-Farber, thinking about all the Boston sports fans, from little kids donating their allowance money to older Red Sox fans giving year after year. I drew a lot of strength from the support from the most rabid sports fan base in the country.