If you didn’t automatically read the title in the voice of one Hubert J Farnsworth, you might try watching this video five or six times. That should help.
I’m being disingenuous. When he would say “good news, everyone” it was always followed by bad news for everyone. Everyone but him. Me, on the other hand, I …
June 12, 2010 – 8:17 pm
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By Tom
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Posted in Treatment Phase
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Tagged csf, dizzy spells, double vision, fatigue, flow cytometry, intracranial pressure, neurologist, no evidence of disease, opthamologist, pet scan
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I got a call earlier today from Dr Norman’s office saying that the third round of flow cytometry (the first since intrathecal treatment started) came back negative.
Dr Norman sounds convinced that the negative result is the one to run with; in his opinion we can stop the intrathecal therapy and stamp treatment as complete!
It feels …
Continuing the story from last time, I was giving myself shots every night to build up my blood counts for the autologous stem cell transplant. I went to the SCCA and they gave my beefy veins the thumbs-up; I wouldn’t need an additional vein catheter to make this happen.
Bring on the bone pain, bring on …
November 9, 2009 – 11:46 am
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By Tom
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Posted in Treatment Phase
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Tagged autologous stem cell transplant, bells palsy, cell differential count, central nervous system, dr norman, flow cytometry, intrathecal chemotherapy, lumbar puncture, methotrexate, scca
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In writing about my specific lymphoma situation, I think it’s important to know how exactly lymphoma works. So let’s talk briefly about some mechanics.
A few major components of our immune system are known as B-cells and T-cells. They attack invading viruses and bacteria in different ways. Those ways are real interesting, but out of the …