Appointment day with Dr Blood

18^th July, 2012

Chris asked the Dr about the change in treatment, to which he advised that the radiation specialist had decided that the original cancer sights to be treated were too large; therefore, there may be more long term harm in trying to conduct the radiation than good. So, they decided to avoid that as an option & extend the chemo instead (not minimizing possible long term effects of chemo). 

All we can do is trust in the Dr’s, but we do sometimes have our concerns as to how this will all end. We are guessing that once the treatment stops, a scan is done, if all shows clear, then you just keep going for more scans, every few months/years to continue the checking that there is no re-occurring cancers.

Back to the Haematologist..........

3rd April, 2012,

Apt with the Haematologist aka Dr Blood.....So yes, it was the day we had all been waiting for..Chris, Magda, Susie & I were all there, yes we are a force to be reckoned with! So Dr Blood started to talk about Chris's bone marrow biopsy & we were all on the edge of our seats. He told us her bone marrow was clear... Ah big sigh, phew, this was fantastic! He went on to say that even though there was a small spot showing in her spleen & below her diaphragm, he would not be changing her staging. He asked her about how she felt about the clinical trial & she let him know that yes, she will participate in it. The trial would also help future patients with Hodgkins Lymphoma & Chris liked the idea of that.

We talked to him further about natural therapies, as we had read about the B17 apricot kernels & spoke to him about Chris seeing an oncologist naturopath that helps people strengthen their immune systems prior & during chemo. He said yes, pursue this but just to let him know exactly what herbs were prescribed, as some could counteract with the chemo. We all felt good with Dr blood & we felt like he was our new "god". The man with the plan to help us kill off the Lymphoma.

The Dr doesn't yet have a start date for Chris's chemo treatment & we were a little disheartened about that but he told us, Chris would get a call tomorrow & the nurse from the clinical trial would book her in as soon as possible.