As for me -- I had a full body CT scan a few weeks back and the results came back that overall I have 40% tumor reduction YEAHHHHHH!!! There were some nodes that were significantly down, there were other nodes that weren't down that much, so they take the collection of the results and come up with this 40% average. Another thing to keep in mind with this is --- the node could remain larger than normal in size but have no cancerous activity. The only way to know this is to do a PET scan and at the moment I don't know when I am scheduled for another one of those. I had another treatment following the CT scan and do not have to have another treatment until mid December. Like I said this is a slowwwww cancer :)
I also wanted to again say THANK YOU to all the supporters who came out to walk with us for Light the Night. Team Hall was able to raise almost $1,200 for Lymphoma research. Next year we plan to be better organized and hope to up our goal for the team. Actually I hope to make our team part of the 2015 club. (The Lymphoma Society envision that in the year 2015 the great majority of people who have been diagnosed with a blood cancer will be cured, or they will manage their illness with good quality of life.) More on how we become a part of the 2015 club later.
Marshall is doing great, as is Mandy! It is amazing to think that he is now 6 weeks old! Seems like only yesterday we were getting to bring him home!!! I do have to say it was fun dressing him for Halloween. Yesterday we took him to vote and he was the hit at the polling place. Had I thought about it in time I would have gotten him an outfit that read I am voting for O'bottle!
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Great news about the CT scan. Good luck with the next treatment. We'll keep you in our prayers.
And thanks for the information about the 2015 Club; I hadn't heard about that. Very cool.
Get some pictures of the baby in the Halloween costume posted.
Lympho Bob
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