I was Chris' wife/caregiver & this is the medical blog I wrote during his treatment. Short history: dx in July 2010, no initial bone marrow involvement, did 5 rounds hyper-cvad protocol. Found out he is in relapse/refractory status with involvement in his chest, spleen, inguinal & throat lymph nodes, bone marrow, spine & brain in January 2011 when we went to MD Anderson for treatment. The two different rounds of chemo Chris got at MDA could not put him in remission; he died of leukemia/lymphoma on March 18th, 2011, an astonishing and horrific 8 months after his diagnosis.
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Thursday, July 15, 2010

reading material on ALL

The oncologist printed out some information for us about ALL in adults. I found the resource online and will link it below.
I'm the type of person that likes to have a complete picture, good and bad, and all the facts. Not everything in the article will apply to him, it's just a guide. 
I know everyone is worried but right now we have way more questions than answers. I'm putting updates on here as we have them; we probably won't know anything new until next week after all his tests are completed and we see the oncologist again to discuss the results. 
As soon as we know more I'll post an update on here.

Here's the link to the information on ALL(acute lymphoblastic leukemia).

http://www.uptodate.com/patients/content/topic.do?topicKey=%7EIN5ByvkllxxbtI
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