In the midst of round two of chemotherapy. It’s also our second wedding anniversary! With the help of our friends, we’ve turned our room in the infusion center into party central.
Party hats, animal-themed sippy cups, delicious homemade cake, costume monacle and mustache. We’re doing chemo right!
Having a chest port is really convenient for all of …
Current state of lymph node biopsy: the analysis is “complex” and they’ve sent it to the UW to have more subtyping done. Hopefully I’ll get a call early tomorrow with results and an invitation to come in and start chemo same-day. I really want to try out this neat chest port!
Speaking of chest ports (and …
We started early today, with a check-in time of 7:30am. My brother woke up really early and made the trip up to be our designated driver.
This weekend we had a moment of doubt; the surgeon (Dr Kent) had recommended that we remove a lymph node from underneath my arm, but the oncologist (Dr Norman) was …
Within twelve hours I should be plus one chest port and minus one very-biopsiable lymph node.
Then we’ll keep checking for biopsy results and seeing how soon we can start treatment.
Wish me luck!
I got a call in the early morning from Dr Norman; the PET scan shows an abnormally sugar-hungry lymph node in my neck. He’s going to call and cancel my upcoming chest port installation surgery and find a surgeon that can do both the chest port installation and remove the lymph node in one session.
It …