Want to let everyone know things are still going great! I seem to be tolerating the chemo quite well. Any sign of nausea so far I am given medication for and it has really been effective. I am very tired and run down but I still get up and walk around quite a bit. I …
Continue reading Quick update. Saturday August 30th
Today has been great! This morning around 9am started with my first round of actual chemo. Yesterday was Rituxan which is a drug that helps the chemo work better that is used often with non Hodgkin lymphoma. Today I started my chemo drugs which will continue for 4 days! I also take prednisone for the …
Continue reading Day 2 of 1st chemo cycle went great!
Here I am at the end of day one. My day began around noon where I met my new doctor, Dr.Bloom at the clinic to go over a few things. He then walked me over to the hospital across the street to be admitted. The first thing on the list for today was getting a …
Continue reading End of day one… Rituxan
Talk about ups and downs. I had two appointments today. One at 9am for a second opinion that I got into quickly. And one at 1:30 with my normal doctor to prepare for chemo starting tomorrow. I went to the second opinion appointment with Dr.Bloom and he agreed with the treatment plan that I was …
Continue reading Almost ripped my hair out today before the chemo even started!!!!! Agh!!!!!!
I got the call from my doctor. My spinal tap results look great showing no sign of lymphoma in my CNS. He is aware that I want to go with E-POCH for treatment and they have me set to be admitted on Wednesday August 27th. Next week! The first round of chemo will be inpatient …
Continue reading Doc called! Wednesday is the day to be admitted for first cycle of chemo!
I had my spinal tap this morning which was worse than my bone marrow biopsy!! I NEVER want to have one again. I am now at the point where I need to decide between the two treatment options that I have. My mind was pretty much made up before I was even given my options. …
Continue reading Decisions decisions….
Today I met with the doctor to discuss the results of my tests from last Friday which included a PET scan, echo heart test and a bone marrow biopsy. The good news is there is no cancer in my bone marrow. And my heart is very strong. No issues with my heart test. I did …
Continue reading Stage 4B lymphoma
For those of you who love Dexter like I do, Michael C Hall was diagnosed with lymphoma at the end of season 4. He does not get into detail as far as exactly what type or the stage of the cancer other than stating it was found early. Hoping the same for me at my …
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(Please read About Me section first by clicking on the three lines on the top right hand side of this page. Then click on About to find the whole story) Today I hope is the last long day of testing. After this I should know the stage of my cancer and if it has spread …
Continue reading Last long day of testing I hope, I just want answers already
I had cancer and this is my story... 