Hi everyone,
I want to thank you all for all you've done and are doing on Michael's behalf. I am very aware and grateful that I work with the best folks in the world.
There is good news: the pathologist has backed off his leukemia diagnosis. The problem is, the bone marrow biopsy, which he did first, had all the signs of Leukemia, but the lymph node biopsy, which is a stronger determinant, is leading him back to a firm diagnosis of lymphoma--specifically diffuse large cell B lymphoma.
Survival rates are not as good as with Hodgkin's, but definitely better than with the lymphoblastic leukemia they thought it was yesterday.
The final details won't be in until later this afternoon. Our oncologist, who was going with what information pathology was giving her, feels awful and embarrassed over the news she gave us yesterday.
We talked with the oncologist this morning, and she assures us that it is not a problem if chemo doesn't start for a couple of days, so it seems easier to relocate at this time. At this point we think we'll be returning to to Connecticut tomorrow and Michael will see an oncologist at Yale Friday morning. We'll be carrying all the biopsy slides and records.
Our understanding is that Michael will be in Yale for about a week for the first round of chemo. Some of the later treatments may be able to be given at L&M. The first series of chemo will last about 6 months, and then we'll see where we are.
This is, of course, assuming that the blood work they're doing right now comes back showing him OK to wait a few days for the chemo to start, and that the pathologists at Yale agree with the diagnosis of the pathologists at the University of Vermont school of medicine.
Right now, nothing is certain. Thanks for hanging in there with us.
Dan
I want to thank you all for all you've done and are doing on Michael's behalf. I am very aware and grateful that I work with the best folks in the world.
There is good news: the pathologist has backed off his leukemia diagnosis. The problem is, the bone marrow biopsy, which he did first, had all the signs of Leukemia, but the lymph node biopsy, which is a stronger determinant, is leading him back to a firm diagnosis of lymphoma--specifically diffuse large cell B lymphoma.
Survival rates are not as good as with Hodgkin's, but definitely better than with the lymphoblastic leukemia they thought it was yesterday.
The final details won't be in until later this afternoon. Our oncologist, who was going with what information pathology was giving her, feels awful and embarrassed over the news she gave us yesterday.
We talked with the oncologist this morning, and she assures us that it is not a problem if chemo doesn't start for a couple of days, so it seems easier to relocate at this time. At this point we think we'll be returning to to Connecticut tomorrow and Michael will see an oncologist at Yale Friday morning. We'll be carrying all the biopsy slides and records.
Our understanding is that Michael will be in Yale for about a week for the first round of chemo. Some of the later treatments may be able to be given at L&M. The first series of chemo will last about 6 months, and then we'll see where we are.
This is, of course, assuming that the blood work they're doing right now comes back showing him OK to wait a few days for the chemo to start, and that the pathologists at Yale agree with the diagnosis of the pathologists at the University of Vermont school of medicine.
Right now, nothing is certain. Thanks for hanging in there with us.
Dan
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