It has been a long two days, and I'll try to be brief and make some sense. We came to Atlanta yesterday and both had appointments at Emory. Jimmy had his usual tests, and I had the PET scan this afternoon, and the bone marrow biopsy is tomorrow.
The tests results won't be back until Monday, but they are still pretty sure it's non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and everyone is very positive and optimistic about the prognosis. I have an appointment in Valdosta Friday with Dr.David Parker, my surgeon, and Dr. Lonial does not want to start chemo until David signs off on it. We hope it's VERY soon. We've been told that a lot of the pain and nausea I've been having is being caused by the enlarging tumor, as some of its blood supply is cut off and necrosis occurs.
We'll have to come back up here next week, but that's okay; we're in good spirits and anxious to get started.
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Ellen and Jimmy,
I am thinking of you both as you move through this next period of time. Thank you for keeping all of us who are concerned about you informed of your progress.
If there is anything I can do to help, please let me know. Sarah
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