Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Northwestern Memorial Hospital was an impressive place.  I wasn't sure at first.  The place is huge and I felt like livestock getting around.  Once we got back to the examination room, that changed.  Dr. Ma and Andrea, her ANP, took their time and answered all of our questions.  We have a pretty good idea of the plan of attack.  The only thing we're waiting on is NMH to review the pathology results.  The pathology results will determine which "flavor" of chemo to use.  I have my first treatment (cycle) scheduled for the middle of July.  Each cycle will consist of a two day treatment.  The first day will be chemo and immuno-therapy.  The second day, just chemo, then a month break before the next cycle.  They're talking about 6 cycles depending on how things look after the CT scan after the 3rd cycle.  Right now, we're planning on the first 3 cycles being done at NMH.  The next 3 might be done locally.  I'll be having a PET scan done locally soon.
Sitting in the waiting room of a cancer center can be a humbling experience.

Sunday, June 28, 2015

Tuesday, June 23, 2015

We're waiting to hear from Northwestern Memorial Hospital.  We are to meet with their Lymphoma Team.  The first thing I'm going to ask is "Isn't there a better name for your team?"