I figured it would probably be easier to just type a note on here explaining what's going on with Chris' health instead of elusive status messages.
A few weeks ago Chris discovered a large painful lump on his throat. He went to the Dr. they first tested him for hypothyroidism and that came back negative, he then had a sonogram and told him he would need a biopsy. The lump is a large nodule on his thyroid - about 9cm in size now. He's had two biopsies to test for thyroid cancer. The first was about 10 days ago and the results came back inconclusive, the last one was this past Wednesday and we're hoping to get the results on Monday.
The nodule is very painful and makes swallowing difficult and whatever is going on explains his complete lack of energy for the last 6 months or so. It's also made his already sketchy memory even worse and for reasons the doctors don't know made his headaches more frequent and painful. His wonderful mom is in town to help us out while we figure out what is going on with his health.
It's been a bit stressful since Chris takes care of so much usually. Trying to juggle what he usually does and work and school has been a bit hectic.
I let myself freak out about for an afternoon worrying about the what if's of his test results and then moved on realizing torturing myself isn't going to help. Whatever he does or doesn't have won't change by me freaking out so we'll just wait for the results and go from there.
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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