A to O

I have not written Jason’s health improvement for a while.  He is doing great.  GVHD has not came back mainly because of ECP that he has been doing for last 7 months.  (Please see previous posts about GVHD and ECP)  He is still taking 20+ (or 30+? I lost track of the numbers) medications daily to keep him stable and to keep on target to reduce most of the medications.  Everything is going well.

We know that his new bone marrow is keeping him alive, healthy and leukemia free.  Basically it took over Jason’s inside.  One thing I forgot to mention another incredible thing about bone marrow transplant. 

His blood type changed from A to O.  We don’t know exactly when it happened (if you are interested in, I’m sure I can check), but Jason asked a nurse several months ago during his treatment what his blood type was to see if it was changed… not A, it was O.

So here is something you might think it’s funny.  I was grown up in Japan, and mostly among teenagers, you asked what your blood type was when you met others, so you knew EXACTLLY what other’s personality was like(does any other culture do this?).  And this is how I remember… something like this:
A – Neat freak, sensitive, obedient
B- Free spirits, artistic

O- Calm, easy going

AB – split personality, unpredictable

So, my question is…  Is Jason’s personality going to change or already has been changed?  Well, we know our personalities can not be categorized by just 4 blood types, but what do we know what bone marrow transplant would do?!  

Love,

Mayumi