A Diagnosis

Looks like the lymphoma I have is called 'low-grade lymphoma'. This is a slow growing lymphoma that can be retarded by chemo, but is not curable except by a donor bone marrow transplant. It normally shows up in older patients, life expectancy is 10 - 15 years. At this point I'll be getting chemo, the BMT is off on the horizon somewhere. I'm glad we went through all of the biopsies - painful but we do have a result. Dr. G was very vigilant and pushed to have this done, as our other Dr. was out with a family emergency, this kept everything going so we did not lose any time. Supposedly this chemo is not as toxic as the other ones, and there are some different options which we will be learning about. The pathology report was done at Temple U Hospital, now Fox Chase will review their results and the treatment will start.
Ellen got to go to work today, that makes two days in a row. She has been a great help!