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Catching Up

Hey there, long time no see! The last month has been a roller-coaster, full of ups and downs. In that order.
This is going to be really long. Check with your stomach first: is it growling? Grab a snack before starting to read. I care about your comfort!
At the beginning of December we did a bunch …

January 8, 2010 – 1:41 pm | By Tom | Posted in Diagnostic Phase | Tagged antibiotics, bells palsy, cat scan, cerebrospinal fluid, charing cross hospital, chelsea and westminster hospital, codeine, complete remission, ct scan, cytarabine, depocyt, dexamethasone, dilaudid, diplopia, disphagia, dr feldman, dr norman, dr taylor, ear infection, fentanyl patch, group health, guys and st thomas hospital, heathrow airport, heparin, hospital hotel dieu, intrathecal chemotherapy, lumbar puncture, methotrexate, mri, myasthenia gravis, neurological symptoms, pain, permanent remission, pet scan, ptosis, victory lap, virginia mason | Comments (4)

PET Scan and Prospective Therapy Meetup with Dr Norman

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 | By Tom | Posted in Diagnostic Phase | 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 | Comments (0)