Another trip to Chicago

I made an Amtrak trip to Chicago yesterday.  I wasn't outside much.  Just enough to realize I wouldn't want to live there in the winter months.  The meteorological calendar said it was spring, but it was cold and windy and snowy...

• Port is out!
• Blood work came back looking good.  I won't need blood work done until my next Chicago visit in two months.
• Did not met with Dr. Ma, but with Andrea
• She gave me some horrible news (for me).  She is leaving to work for a pharmaceutical company.  She will be researching treatments specifically for Lymphoma.  I will miss her but know she will do well.  If anyone can improve treatment, she can.
• Physical exam was good.
• She ordered a T-cell panel.  I will know the results in a couple of days.  If the levels come back normal, then I will officially be recovered from my chemo treatment.  I would be able to stop taking two drugs.  If the T-cells are low, then continue with the two drugs and test again the next visit.
• Informed that one of the meds I'm taking will need to continue forever.  It's to help prevent shingles.  Apparently I'm very susceptible to shingles and a more advanced case.  I can't take the shingles vaccine since it's a live vaccine and would almost guarantee getting shingles.  So it's acyclovir for life.
• Supper at Harry Caray's Seventh Inning Stretch.

My next trip will be in May.  Hopefully warmer!