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The Magic Power Port
I had a “Port-a-Cath” installed in my shoulder/chest area on Thurs 7/19 – and it was being used already on Sat. 7/21 for my first round of chemo. Why the “Power Port“? With so many injections and tests over the next 4-6 months, it just is easier, more effective and less risky. No IVs, on […]
The Next 126 Days…the chemo regimen
Now that I’ve been prepped overnight and had a few tests done, we’ll start cycle #1 (of 6 total) today. Here is how it goes: Day 1-2: infuse chemo cocktail and monoclonal anti-bodies (more details on R-CHOP), mix in some stuff to try and deal with side-effects of battle drugs. Day 3-7: hunker down and […]
The Impatient Patient
Spoke to the doc today – got the full details on diagnosis and treatment…lots of info. So, these bad guys are growing very fast inside of me and chemo was scheduled to start Monday. Are the bad guys taking the weekend off? No way. So, why am I waiting until Monday? Where is the sense […]
What’s Going On Today?
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About This Lymphoma Thingy…
(Why am I creating a blog?) So, I have this pain in my ribs a few weeks ago – no big deal, probably trying too hard with Jordie in the gym or something. But, it doesn’t go away and it starts getting worse. Well, a couple of weeks later, we find out I have Lymphoma. […]
Why Blog? NOT a substitute for just talking…
Getting sick isn’t fun, but having every conversation and interaction in your life be about being sick can make it worse by narrowing your world and making your life about being sick. It might seem strange, but I feel pretty lucky: I have a great family I have wonderful friends I ended up with one […]
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