Starting last Wednesday we’ve been visiting the SCCA every single weekday. Well, I had last Friday off. But every other single weekday!
One thing that was quickly clarified: we had in mind that the heart of the process would take 90 days. Bzzt! Wrong! That’s for allogeneic transplants, where the donor and the recipient are not the …
March 2, 2010 – 11:30 am
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By Tom
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Posted in Treatment Phase
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Tagged allogeneic stem cell transplant, autologous stem cell transplant, bone marrow biopsy, cranial radiation, diffuse large b-cell, diffuse large b-cell lymphoma, follicular, indolent, indolent lymphoma, mri, pet scan, scca
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The surgeon (Dr Kent) called a few hours ago in the middle of a nap; I’d had a Percocet, I was tired, and the loud fan was on. He was politely asked by a 2007 recording of myself to leave a message.
The message was that the initial pathology from the lymph node biopsy confirmed the …
We had our scheduled call with Dr Norman today to discuss the results of the blood tests, bone marrow biopsy, and CAT scan from last week. We’re getting close to knowing what I’ve got.
He says the evidence is pointing strongly toward lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma. It’s not an aggressive cancer, which is nice. But that very trait also …
I went in for my bone marrow biopsy today during lunchtime. First Dr Norman used a local anesthetic to dull all of the nerves that he could.
Then there was a bunch of stuff that would sound gruesome if I wrote it out; he took a little bit of bone marrow, a little bit of bone, …
Today we met with our Hematologist/Oncologist to get a preliminary evaluation of my situation. He checked all of my easily externally examinable lymph nodes, and didn’t find anything odd. I brought the blood test results, CAT scan images, and everything else I’ve got.
After looking at everything for a little while, he offered his current 80% …