It is time for me to give another update, so I want to apologize for waiting this long.  The last time I wrote, I was scheduled for my bone marrow biopsy to be done on November 12th.  It was quite a task for them to extract the bone marrow because it was done by hand with a tool that screws into your bone.  Local anesthesia was given in the area that they would extract marrow and a long tube with a screw bit at the end was inserted into my hip area and screwed into my bone.  Then the center piece of the tube is removed, so they can insert a another tube with a syringe attached to draw out some bone marrow.  Unfortunately, the medication Zometa made my bones hard, and the technician was having a hard time screwing into my bone.  He had to go in four times just to get a sample and then a fifth time to get a piece of the bone to include with the marrow sample.  They actually break off a small piece of the bone.  As he was performing the procedure on me, I was praying to God how thankful I was for people like him and for modern science.  With that being said, the results finally came and a time to praise God.  My initial bone marrow biopsy done in early August showed a 95% involvement of cancer cells in my bone marrow and in three months my results show less that 1% involvement!!!!  Now the stage is set to get a Stem Cell Transplant which should push it down into a undetectable range, and I will be in full remission.  I have already done all the X-Ray, blood test, EKG, EHCO, pulmonary, and Covid test (which I do three more times before I'm done) necessary to perform the procedure, and everything checked out normal.  The next step is on January 31, and I have to receive a dose of chemo then I go home and give myself shots everyday with more medication orally for a week to prepare myself for stem cell extraction.  Next, they place a line in me, and I am hooked up to something similar to a dialysis machine with will draw the blood out and spin it real time to extract the stem cells and then return my blood back to me.  I have to sit for five hours at a time, and it could take up to 5 days to extract enough stem cells.  Please pray that enough cells are extracted in just one or two days.  The next week I am admitted into the hospital to start the process.  They will deliver a very high dose of chemo that will kill my bone marrow as well as my immune system.  After, they will reintroduce my stem cells back into me and my body should reproduce new bone marrow to replace the old.  I should be in the hospital no more than two week, but the stay could be less.  They will monitor me very closely after I am discharged for a week or so.  If all goes well, I should be in full remission, and only have to take a low dose (maintenance) chemo for two or three years.  Until next time, please pray for my stem cell transplant and full remission.  I would like to be the 15% that never sees my multiple myeloma ever returning.  Love you all, and God bless each of you.