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My Experience with Hodgkin's Lymphoma

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Saturday, April 19, 2008
5:14:00 PM EDT
Feeling Ecstatic

April 15th doctor's appointment

This past Tuesday I went to MSKCC to see my lymphoma doctor.  I am happy, to say the least!

 

Diagnosing Hodgkin’s lymphoma:

            Multiple x-rays

            blood work

            1 gallium scan

            1 CT scan

            1 broncoscopy

            1 lung biopsy

           

          

Treating Hodgkin’s lymphoma:

            2 bone marrow biopsies

            6 months of intense chemo

            several PET & CT scans

            10+ blood transfusions

            2 hospital stays

            having next to no immune system          

            losing my hair

            missing 10 months of work

 

Hearing your doctor tell you 2 ½ years post-treatment- “I’m not worried about you anymore.  If something terrible was going to happened it would have happened already.”:

            PRICELESS!! 



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