As per the plan, I had a stomach scoping done this past Monday, September 30, 2002. Everything went according to plan. They knocked me out and did whatever they do. I’ve got no real news to post, since it takes around a week to get the biopsy results. But I have an appointment with my […]
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Posts about Rick’s MALT Lymphoma that was diagnosed and treated in 2002.
Well, it’s been about a month since there was an update at this site, and I’ll be surprised if anyone is checking it very regularly at this point! Basically, there hasn’t been too much to report.
Well I’m officially switched over to intravenous treatment. I went in for a treatment yesterday and it went pretty smoothly.
Wow! Cycle 2 was much worse than cycle 1. I was vomiting at times and just felt all-around more miserable. Also, I missed three entire days of work plus several other hours scattered across various days.
Mike Polome and Bob Diesing seem to have decided that it is their job to make sure that my lawn gets cut. I can’t thank these guys enough for their help.
I’ve been on cycle 2 for a week now, and I can definitely say that this round has been rougher than last time. For starters, Saturday morning marked the first day that I was throwing up. Thankfully, so far it has been the only day as well. Vivian and I think that I over-did it […]
The second cycle of chemotherapy started on Tuesday 6/11. The first two days weren’t too bad, and that makes this cycle pretty much like the last one so far. However, today is day three and I’m starting to feel it a lot more.
The first cycle of chemotherapy ended on Monday 5/27. I was still pretty sick until around Wednesday. At this point I’m feeling a lot more like my old self again.
If you’ve been coming back to this site to check on me, you may have read that we were in need of someone to mow our lawn — as it is really just too much for me right now. Well, our buddy Mike Polome has come through this week for us.
I have been battling nausea ever since I started the chemotherapy treatment. I had been taking compazine to counteract it, but it was only marginally effective. I was able to have relief from the nausea for around 2 hours during any 6 hour block of my day. When I told this fact to my mother […]
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