Yesterday I did yet another test; this one to check the strength of the left ventricle of my heart.
A few of the chemotherapy drugs, especially one named Adriamycin, can (but don’t always) have a toxic effect on the heart. Before starting treatment with it, Dr Norman wanted to find out the current strength of my …
Learned of possible information-having lymph nodes in my neck
Met awesome folks with great advice at the Lymphoma Networking Group
Got the ball rolling with SCCA second-opinion scheduling
Requested that Group Health send my records to SCCA
Scheduled MUGA scan for next Tuesday
Scheduled surgical consultation for Friday, and surgery for Monday
And now I go to the dentist, where I …
We met in-person with Dr Norman to look at the slides from the PET scan that pointed out the neck lymph nodes. He was able to flip through the images to rotate my body lengthwise, giving us a view of the neck. It was really neat to see.
He warned us that the lymph node may …
July 6, 2009 – 4:41 pm
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By Tom
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Posted in Diagnostic Phase
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Tagged adriamycin, chemotherapy, chop, diffuse large b-cell lymphoma, dlbcl, dr norman, group health cooperative, lpl, lymph nodes, lymphoplamacytic lymphoma, muga, permanent remission, pet scan, r-chop, rituximab, seattle cancer care alliance, second opinion
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