So my doctor called this morining to tell me that the samples they'd taken two weeks ago during the needle biopsy were too small to get anything definitive.
To his credit needle biopsy should always be the first port of call and within an hour of hearing he'd arranged for me to meet with a guy who could take a more sizeable chunk of tumor for analysis. Results should be almost instant. Good news,
Waiting on an appointment right now... looks like I'll probably be going in tomorrow (just as my mom arrives, damn!) - not convenient but pretty bloody fast. I do like my doctor.
Sitting by the phone like some love lorn teenager right now.
More when I know it
A blog that started as an info site to help people keep up with my cancer treatments and has morphed...
Tuesday, December 06, 2005
Thursday, December 01, 2005
Still no word
8 days after my biopsy and still no word what I have.
And it's going to be another week at least!
The reason for the delay seems to be working out from a very small sample whether it's a B or T cell lymphoma.
Samples are now in California and while they work I continue to have this thing grow inside of me.
Frustrating but other than go in for a more extensive (and invasive) biopsy there's not much I can do.
We know that it's non-hodgkins. Right now it's still not spread (the chance of spread increases with every day)
Have 9am tomorrow with doc to talk things over
Steve
And it's going to be another week at least!
The reason for the delay seems to be working out from a very small sample whether it's a B or T cell lymphoma.
Samples are now in California and while they work I continue to have this thing grow inside of me.
Frustrating but other than go in for a more extensive (and invasive) biopsy there's not much I can do.
We know that it's non-hodgkins. Right now it's still not spread (the chance of spread increases with every day)
Have 9am tomorrow with doc to talk things over
Steve
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