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Sometimes prayers do get answered! Or we’re just the luckiest sons-of-bitches around. You decide.
Dr. Nade, Chuck’s cancer doctor, God bless her, called us at about 7:30 tonight to let us know the results of the needle biopsy. It was FAT!!! Specifically fat necrosis – as in dead fat – as in something, she assured us, that we don’t need to worry about. So one chemotherapy treatment and Chuck…
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Hurry up and wait
Chuck had the CT-guided needle biopsy this past Thursday. It went quite well – he’s a tough guy. They gave him a shot of lidocaine in his stomach (ack!) and that was it. He got to watch the whole procedure (they offered to knock him out but he opted to stay awake). He said it…
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A tough week
Since Chuck’s cancer diagnosis, we have both traveled though a world of emotions: fear, uncertainty, anger, doubt, fear, uncertainty. Early in the process, soon after he was diagnosed (lo these many months ago, back in Nov 2008), we were told by more than one person that it would be a journey – and a long…
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The road goes ever on and on
Today marked Chuck’s fifth chemo treatment. It was also the day we got the results of the PET scan he had last week to measure the effectiveness of the chemo on his lymphoma. It wasn’t the slam dunk we had hoped for, but it wasn’t all bad either. His lymph nodes are all clear –…
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The cost of chemo
Literally: $23,000 per treatment on average before insurance. Okay, I’m exaggerating. $17,000 of that is for the immunotherapy drug, Rituximab (which was denied by our insurance as not necessary at first; thank you to the City of Hope for fighting that fight for us!). But still. Between medical bills and the sucky economy we sure…
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The Little Prince
Chuck had his fourth chemo treatment today. Phew! It’s hard to believe that nine weeks ago we had just started this journey. It seems like years have passed since then. He’s held up really well, and this time was no different. His blood count was good overall, but his hemoglobin levels were a bit low.…
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