Last Friday I had another CT scan. We wanted to see the effects of two rounds worth of chemotherapeutic bombardment, and we were not disappointed!
Lymph nodes all over my body that were enlarged and opaque had returned to normal-sized translucency. My spleen has shrunk from enlarged-size to much closer to normal. Observe!
Spleen as seen in …
The pain from last night only got worse as I slept. I spent the night sitting up in bed, a position that didn’t hurt as much as others.
After waking up I had the pleasure of finding that all attempts to get out of bed were met with intense pain. Pain that motivated me to stay …
July 20, 2009 – 8:56 pm
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By Tom
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Posted in Diagnostic Phase
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Tagged chemotherapy, diaphragm, diffuse large b-cell, dilaudid, dr norman, lymphoma, lymphoplasmacytic, observation room, ondansetron, spleen
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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 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 …