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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Monday, September 13, 2010

spinal tap chemo

We are waiting at the cancer center for Chris to get his blood drawn so they'll know if he needs his GM shot today.  Then we'll check in at the hospital across the street for him to get his spinal tap chemo.  We usually come to the cancer center after his chemo but figured we would try it this way so he can go straight home once the hospital releases him.  It's usually about a 6-8 hour process at the hospital from check-in so hopefully we'll get home around 6 p.m. today.  
We didn't sleep very well and I was distracted this morning and forgot to make sure Chris took some nausea meds along with his normal morning meds.  So he's feeling a bit pukey as we wait; thankfully he can get some nausea meds once we get across the street.
Hopefully I can find someone today who can tell us how many more spinal tap chemo's he has or if this is his last one.  

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