Well, Monday was a big day. I had my first visit to MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. I do like their tagline. “Making Cancer History” My head is still spinning with the amount of information that I was assaulted with. The doctor I met with is a Hodgkin’s specialist, so that is good. She went into a discussion on the differences between lymphocyte predominate Hodgkin’s and lymphocyte rich Hodgkin’s. I was looking at the really cool architectural features in the exam room. Wow. All the info on T-cells, B-cells, C120? and whatnot just about did me in. I held my own with Myers, but Fanale takes the prize. I was a deer in headlights.
The only thing I learned from that discussion is the diagnosis between the two can be in shades of gray. The treatments for both are very different. She is reviewing the slides and I get to see her again on the 13th. She should have the EXACT diagnosis by then. In the mean time I need to get a bilateral bone marrow biopsy done in the next couple of days or so. I still am not sure where to for that. Anyone know where a “Biopsies ‘R’ Us” is?
The big news is that I will most likely be treated up here in the Dallas area while being monitored from Houston. I will more than likely travel down every 8 weeks or so. None of this is carved in stone yet.
The Houston trip was made a whole lot easier by one of Debbi’s friends (letting us stay at their house for a night) and a mutual friend who let me have a free flight home on Southwest. No hidden fees there.
The next Houston trip will also include a cardio pulmonary test. It seems that one of the chemo drugs can cause heart damage so they want to look at my hear before chemo. The will take a look after chemo and compare. I am not sure I remember why they test the lungs. I am not sure of whole lot right now anyways.
Tonight I am posting and watching election coverage online. I should be getting my MD Anderson site up and operational. Once I get it running I can see my proposed schedule and other important things that I am blowing off tonight. I can do all that tomorrow.
Maranatha.
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