Classic Hodgkin's lymphoma. The Dr. read off the details...minor differences between the previous form and this one, so the remaining question is if it is a re-occurrence or completely separate. The bone marrow test will be the tell tale, I guess. Dr. Ball seemed a little surprised at the result of the biopsy - that it would be almost the same - since it has been 6 years.
Either way, it looks like we are starting at ground zero:
Pet scan Jan 8th
Bone marrow biopsy Jan 11th
Because of his allergy to Adriamycin (Doxorubicin)
they may change the chemo regimen he was on before. We figure he's starting chemo probably in February - hoping for 2 rounds (4 months; 2 weeks on, 1 off?); one month radiation; maybe done with all this by summer??
One can hope.
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