,,,, was a nice bottle of semillion sav blanc, that we had at Hornsby RSL after the meeting with the big Kahuna.
(up front I apologise for any slurring ,,,,)
The biopsy was inconclusive. And the guy that would normally do the key-hole biopsy is in the USA, so Dr H (aka the big Kahuna) feels that the PET scan should stand with its conclusion of "Residual disease" about the size of a LARGE KIWI fruit. We could wait another 4 weeks to have key-hole surgery to confirm there is residual lesion or just "go for it" on the outcome of the PET scan.
We have decided to go with the PET scan diagnosis ie (assume residual disease) therefore chemo will start on Tuesday! Ah! Tuesday is 6 1/2 hours chemo, then Wednesday and Thursday are another 4 1/2 hrs chemo treatment. This is different treatment from the first chemo set - instead of R-CHOP its called R_ICE, therefore I am offically a ICE addict for 3 months.
R stands for rituximab (Mabthera)
I stands for Ifosamide
C stands for Carboplatin
E stands for Etoposide
RICE is used for second-line therapy prior to autologous stem cell transplantation for relapsed or primary refractory diffuse large B-Cell lymphoma (DLBCL)
Each 3 day chemo treatment has a 21 day recovery cycle, and after the 2nd chemo treatment we will do another PET scan to see how things are going.
Finish the chemo, and then there is approximately 4 weeks radio and after the radio is the stem cell transplant. Expected end of this treatment is Feb 2011.
Here I go again!
3 comments:
Well my love, I think you've made the right decision! Your loved ones will be there with you the whole way! Talk soon, J
Hi Michele. Got your text mate.
Hang in there. This all sounds so huge and so fast, but you've come so far and you have to strike whilst the iron is hot.
Lots of hugs
Karen and Dave
Hi babe, you have done so well thus far, one more hurdle to jump - you can do it, with GT backing you up team thompsonare on their way. love yaxxx mel and tobs
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