Hodgkins Lymphoma Update

As most of you know, I was recently diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma. It was a 5 month process... with to count, 9 blood test, 3 CT scans and a PET (gallium) scan. I got the news on August 27, 2008 and was totally freaked out. But knew and really just had a feeling it would be cancer. I am in stage IIA, II meaning two or more groups of lymph nodes are affected and A meaning I have no symptoms of the HD. The following week I did the PET scan to make sure there was no other cancer and thank god it wasn't.

September 15, 2008 I started taking a pill called Allopurinol to reduce the uric acid in my stomach, this is to help me not to be as sick (supposedly). When on chemo, your body produces more uric acid, too much for the kidney's can take and if I have too much I could get kidney stones. I also started nexuim and vitamins.

Then on September 19, 2008 I started prednisone and my chemo pill, chlorambucil. I will be doing chemo for 2 weeks on then two weeks off for six cycles (6 months). They also gave me prochlorperazine for nausea and vomiting.

So far the acid medicine has made me sick and the chemo pill is ever worse. I'm literally exhausted ALL the time. I'm sick for about 2 hours a day, at work. So that isn't too fun. When I do eat and it's not too often these days, food don't even taste right.

As far as my mood, I have my bad and good moments. More bad then good, but I am hanging in there. It's really amazing how you find out who your real friends are verses the people who are just there. It seems the people who said they would be there are the ones, who when I need then aren't there yet the ones I least expected to be here for me are. I've learned who to depend on. I want to thank everyone for the emails, comments, cards and phone calls about how I'm doing. I can't tell you how much it means to me that you take the time to ask about me. And I'm sorry if I don't answer you back, I just don't have the energy or time sometimes. I been doing ALOT of laying in bed with Logan, but that's pretty cool! He's a little bit more a momma's boy! LOL