And we're off to the races...

First order of buisness, I have gone back and corrected my spelling of Hodgkins. So, nah.
Next, I have had absolutly no time to process everything that is going on. Instead I will just fill you in on the latest developments. My bone marrow is clean and I am at stage 2 lympoma. This is all good news. ...Well, not good news. But better news. ...you know what I mean. Anyway the only pressing issue is that Fred is pressing on my trachea. (HaHa) Okay, maybe that was just funny in my own head.

Oh, for those of you who don't know, Fred is my lump. You can all hear the story of Fred some other time. He is NOT the focus of todays blog. The only reason I brought him up was because it's his fault we have to move so quickly. Apparently, Fred is pushing on my trachea and according to my doctors, in a few weeks he will probably start trying to choke me. So, now we are moving forward at a rather quick pace.

After my thursday meeting with my oncologist, we have come up with a course of treatment. I am going to have a port put into my chest on Monday, and I will have my first Chemo treatment on tuesday. I will go in for a treatment every two weeks and after two, possibly three, treatments I will have another PET scan to see how I am responding. I am scheduled for 6 treatments in total - 12 weeks. I am out of school for the duration and hopefully, this wont suck too much.
We have company over at the moment so I am going to sign off. Be sure to look at the latest picture. The needle in the picture is the actual needle that they stuck me with for the bone marrow biopsy. My hip still hurts. Later - Elizabeth