Scott W Harden - Medical Status
Scott underwent an allogenic bone marrow transplant to treat relapsed peripheral T-cell lymphoma in mid-2026. Complications (heart and kidney failure) forced Scott to stop using the computer completely June through September. Scott is still recovering and only using the computer for limited purposes at this time.
Updated: 2026-09-24
Timeline
- 2026 Sep: Bone marrow transplant complete!
- 2026 Jun: Allogenic bone marrow transplant
- Pre-transplant chemo: fludarabine and melphalan
- Transplant: 2026-06-25
- Post-transplant chemo: cyclophosphamide
- Complications: Heart and Kidney failure
- Stayed in hospital for over 50 days (over 30 in ICU)
- 2026 May: PET CT indicates remission
- 2026 Apr: Chemotherapy: ifosfamide, carboplatin, etoposide
- 2026 Feb: Chemotherapy: duvelisib and romidepsin (aborted due to HLH reaction)
- 2025 Dec: Antibody therapy: anti-CD94 (aborted due to incomplete response)
- 2025 Nov: Relapse identified via CT and confirmed with surgery
- 2019: Treatments considered successful. Stable health for 6 years.
- 2019: Autologous bone marrow transplant
- 2019: Radiation therapy
- 2018: Chemotherapy: cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisone (CHOP, 5 rounds)
- 2018: Indolent disease became aggressive
- 2012: Diagnosed with Peripheral T-Cell Lymphoma
Photos
Updated my profile photo before starting invasive treatments
Dec 2025, Gainesville, FL
Spending the day in the Clinical Research Unit
Dec 2025, Tampa, FL
Preparing for a long day of chemotherapy infusion
March 2026, Gainesville, FL
Losing my hair makes me look different, but I'm feeling all right
April 2026, Tampa, FL
Pet CTs show disease progression over the last year, partial response to antibody therapy (Jan 16), and remission (May 4)
May 2026, Tampa, FL
Getting some computer time in between doctor appointments
May 2026, Tampa, FL
Transplant day! The donor stem cells were flown in from overseas.
June 2026, Tampa, FLHow Can I Help?
- Donate blood: During this process I am unable to make enough blood and platelets to support myself, and I rely on transfusions from blood donors to keep me alive. I owe my life to anonymous blood donors, and if you donate blood and encourage others to do the same, it goes a long way toward helping people like me!
- Join the bone marrow registry: A healthy person with the right genetic match can donate some of their bone marrow to someone with blood cancer, allowing them to make healthy blood on their own, curing their disease! It can be hard to find a donor with a good genetic match, so the more people join the National Marrow Donor Program, the more people can be cured! Join the National Marrow Donor Program and you could save the life of someone like me!
Impact on Open Source Projects
- Scott is an avid open source contributor and maintainer of several projects in the field of data visualization and signal analysis. Scott reduced open-source work in 2025 and stopped it completely in early 2026 to focus entirely on health. Scott is excited to return as an active maintainer after his health recovers.
Miscellaneous
- Personal website: https://swharden.com
- GitHub: https://github.com/swharden
- 2019 medical blog: https://swharden.com/med/
- Contact: You are welcome to reach out to me directly, but as my energy drops it becomes harder to respond. Those around me will keep this page up to date if I become unable to update it myself.