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Posted on: Wednesday 02/01/2017 03:16:44

The reason they know it is lymphoma without having a biopsy first (although) they certainly will in a couple of weeks is that there are so MANY polyps, and the location of them. My doc read us the report and I don't have it in front of me but here are the keynotes:  Tumors presented like a necklace from posterial cervical to sub covicular (also forgive my spelling), with a huge one in her media stinum and several in the hilum region.

Snow? S&S? Bulldog?

 

  • lunamor Says:
    This sounds like me trying to read Aaron's MRI and EEG reports. I understood just enough to feel like a real doctor on WonderPets.

    Hopefully one of the folks here can help decipher! I know cervical usually has to do with the neck, right?

  • Evil Fury Says:
    She said that the media stinum (sp?) is like where your heart, lungs, etc are. I dunno. I'd like to see the scans.

  • lunamor Says:
    I would too. I have digital copies of Aaron's MRI's (they gave me a CD, or, rather, sold me a CD, since the thousands of dollars it cost to get it didn't include a copy of the pictures for me...who knew?).

    Really, really hope the oncology place gets back to you soon!

  • Bulldog Says:
    I did a brief residency in pediatric oncology (at Kosair Childrens in Louisville) but dang that was over 25 years ago. What type of lymphoma are they calling it? Hodgkin, Non-Hodgkin (more common)?

  • Simon Says:
    To help you research, the words are: posterior cervical, subclavicular, mediastinum, hilum.

    Posterior cervical means the back of the neck.
    Subclavicular means under the collar bone.
    The mediastinum is essentially everything that’s contained in the thorax (chest).
    The hilum is an area of each lung containing the hilar lymph nodes.

    The obvious thing to do is to tell you to ask your doctor, but obviously you want to find out as much as you can yourself. Google each of these terms along with ‘lymphoma’, along with what you know or remember the doctor saying.

    Hopefully you’ll find something that will give you encouragement. As before, I hope things will work out well for Autumn.

    /homepage

  • Evil Fury Says:
    She hasn't been staged yet, and we don't know if it's Hodgkin's or Non. HOPING for Non, of course. Her father had it when I was pregnant with her and is just fine.
    See? I didn't even add, "unfortunately" to that. I think I'm really growing.
    Simon--thank you!!!!! That is super helpful.

  • kittenheel Says:
    FWIW, my dad had non-hodgkin's last year (at age 78) and he's just fine. /homepage

  • Fritz The Bootlegger Says:
    I think what Susan means is, while it would've been peachy if her dad was not fine because a garbage truck backed over him, it's good that he's fine because of the lymphoma. /homepage

  • lunamor Says:
    I really think one shouldn't get so picky about the method of demise of one's ex. I mean, really.

  • Fritz The Bootlegger Says:
    Yeah, but some methods seem more likely than others. He seems like the kind of guy that would not notice if a garbage truck was backing up towards him while he's looking for teen porn on his phone. /homepage

  • lunamor Says:
    I like to imagine pushing people I loathe off a cliff, and watching them fall. Maybe it's not for everyone, but it sure makes me feel happier.

  • Fritz The Bootlegger Says:
    I imagine the ridiculous avoidable accidents. Getting backed over by a vehicle. Chandelier falling and crushing the person. Things like that.

  • lunamor Says:
    Oh but it's so much more satisfying when I am the catalyst for the end of some d-bag's life.

    Hypothetically.

  • snow Says:
    I get the cliff thing. I fantasize about holding someone under water until they drown.

  • Simon Says:
    I just like to visualise them writhing helplessly in a blast of withering sarcasm. They suffer more that way, and for longer.

  • lunamor Says:
    Easy for you to say - you're a Brit! You people come out of the womb knowing how to eviscerate someone with sarcasm!

  • Fritz The Bootlegger Says:
    Snow, I can hold my breath and I'm a great swimmer. So good luck with that fantasy.

  • snow Says:
    BRING IT, BITCH! My biceps are huge!

  • Evil Fury Says:
    Snow--he can't swim. He's one of those pussies who hates water in his face, like he's three years old (which he pretty much is, and so is his mother.) I wouldn't even have to hold him under water. I could just push him in a pool and walk away. Man, that would be awesome.

  • snow Says:
    You're talking about Steve, right?

  • Fritz The Bootlegger Says:
    Of course she is. It's ok if my demise makes her feel better. That's my sacrifice.

  • Evil Fury Says:
    No, I was totally talking about my shithead ex.

  • snow Says:
    Oh. lol.

  • Bulldog Says:
    ....not that some of us we're interested in seeing a Steve v Snow cage match

  • Fritz The Bootlegger Says:
    I'm not afraid of her.

  • snow Says:
    I'm not afraid of "her" either.. it's been broughten.
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