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04-03-15 Another Day, Another Biopsy
Some of you know I've been sick since January. I've had numerous misdiagnoses over the past three months, but we've finally got the right one. Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma. It's curable with chemo (six cycles, 3 weeks apart), so I'm going to be just fine. As part of the pre-chemo stuff, I had the pleasure of enduring a bone marrow biopsy today. When it was all done, the oncologist asked if I wanted to see the needle. One look at the ginormous thing, and I knew it had to be my pic of the day. Happily, I brought my Canon with me, so I could get a proper photo (well, as proper as I could get while lying on my back to put pressure on the biposy site and capture the table next to me). #cy365 #OffPrompt #ODC-Strength
If you want to keep updated on my journey (gag) because you care or just have a morbid curiosity, or both, you can subscribe to get notifications to my CaringBridge blog. They call it a journal. You will have to create an account and log in to CaringBridge. This is so you can subscribe to receive updates when I post, and so trolls can’t comment anonymously (because, really, you never know). CaringBridge never sells information or spams you, so you are safe subscribing with any email address you choose. To subscribe, click on the Notifications button and tell CaringBridge how you’d like to be notified of journal updates.
Feel free to post supportive comments, jokes, and whatnot. And please, if you know anyone who might benefit from hearing my story, share this site with them. If hearing what I'm going through can make someone else feel less alone, less scared, and hopefully even laugh a bit, I'd absolutely love that.
Really, I’m feeling so positive about this, and even relieved to finally have answers and a plan to feel better soon. So, no pity party here. I’ll be venting, informing, and possibly grossing you out, but no sadness. Got it? Good.
Here’s the direct link for the blog (they call it a journal):
www.caringbridge.org/visit/debmoran/journal
I have posted some entries already, starting with the day I was diagnosed, so when you visit the site, please be sure to start with the oldest entry (called, “So, It’s Lymphoma”).
04-03-15 Another Day, Another Biopsy
Some of you know I've been sick since January. I've had numerous misdiagnoses over the past three months, but we've finally got the right one. Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma. It's curable with chemo (six cycles, 3 weeks apart), so I'm going to be just fine. As part of the pre-chemo stuff, I had the pleasure of enduring a bone marrow biopsy today. When it was all done, the oncologist asked if I wanted to see the needle. One look at the ginormous thing, and I knew it had to be my pic of the day. Happily, I brought my Canon with me, so I could get a proper photo (well, as proper as I could get while lying on my back to put pressure on the biposy site and capture the table next to me). #cy365 #OffPrompt #ODC-Strength
If you want to keep updated on my journey (gag) because you care or just have a morbid curiosity, or both, you can subscribe to get notifications to my CaringBridge blog. They call it a journal. You will have to create an account and log in to CaringBridge. This is so you can subscribe to receive updates when I post, and so trolls can’t comment anonymously (because, really, you never know). CaringBridge never sells information or spams you, so you are safe subscribing with any email address you choose. To subscribe, click on the Notifications button and tell CaringBridge how you’d like to be notified of journal updates.
Feel free to post supportive comments, jokes, and whatnot. And please, if you know anyone who might benefit from hearing my story, share this site with them. If hearing what I'm going through can make someone else feel less alone, less scared, and hopefully even laugh a bit, I'd absolutely love that.
Really, I’m feeling so positive about this, and even relieved to finally have answers and a plan to feel better soon. So, no pity party here. I’ll be venting, informing, and possibly grossing you out, but no sadness. Got it? Good.
Here’s the direct link for the blog (they call it a journal):
www.caringbridge.org/visit/debmoran/journal
I have posted some entries already, starting with the day I was diagnosed, so when you visit the site, please be sure to start with the oldest entry (called, “So, It’s Lymphoma”).