Results/Chemo round 1

Today we had another appointment with the oncologist to go over all the results from last weeks test.
Echocardiogram: everything looks great!
Bone Marrow Biopsy: negative for cancer!!! Great News!!
PFT: Lungs are healthy!
Chest X-ray/CT/PET Scan: After review of all the scans the oncologist is leaning towards a II(B)(E). The II stage indicates that the cancer is in two different lymph nodes or the cancer is in a portion of tissue or an organ and nearby the lymph nodes. But the cancer is still limited to a section of the body either above or below the diaphragm. Next the B indicates active symptoms as stated in previous post. Last the E indicates that your cancer has grown outside of your lymph nodes. Based of the PET scan it was hard for them to determine if the bones or lungs are involved because of the bulky mass throughout his chest cavity. If his lungs or bones are involved he will be changed from stage II to IV. This will be look at again at his next PET scan in 2 months. So with the above staging he will definitely need 6 months of ABVD chemotherapy followed by radiation therapy. She gave Steve a prognosis of 75-90 he will be cured from this.

After his appointment he went for his first round of chemo. While the chemo was administered he did great, but about 2 hours later he went down hill fast. He started to get very nauseated, achy then fever with chills. I called the on call doctor because I couldn't believe how fast everything hit him and he just kept telling me how horrible he felt. The doctor explained this was all normal but to definitely call if his fever rises above 102 or he gets the chills to the point he can't control the shaking. The doctor was great and stated we much rather you call then not so please don't hesitate I will be available all night. It took us about 45 minutes to get this all under control then he just felt like he had the flu. I was able to get him to drink a smoothie then he was ready for bed. Hopefully tonight he gets a good night sleep because last night he didn't and he definitely needs it.

1 round down 11 more to go!

Thanks everyone for your support we couldn't get through this without every single one of you!