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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: Starsky on June 06, 2022, 02:58:59 pm
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Please describe your current mood in one word.
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Frisky
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ennui
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Haribo
That's right . . . I feel, gummy.
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Oooh is this like the doomsday clock? I'm feeling 11:52
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grouchy
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Salty
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brain-foggy
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Hopeful
Although……I been running the gamut of emotions over the past month from fear to pity to sadness to shock to bitterness to relief to hope…you name it I have felt it.
I was diagnosed with non Hodgkin’s lymphoma about a month ago. It’s been a wild ride. Just getting diagnosed took two hospital stays over four months apart, numerous visits with my primary care physician, cat scans and MRIs out the wazoo -a lumbar drain- and finally out of necessity a triple biopsy in and on top of the brain. Subsequent to diagnosis I have had a PET scan and bone marrow biopsy to try and confirm lymphoma is limited to brain. Results have been good. My partner has been yelling at me for years “Do you have a brain tumor?!?!” :)
Now that we know what we are facing we have settled on a treatment plan to begin next week. I think prognosis is reasonably good but one never knows. I put my hopes in medical science.
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Hopeful
Although……I been running the gamut of emotions over the past month from fear to pity to sadness to shock to bitterness to relief to hope…you name it I have felt it.
I was diagnosed with non Hodgkin’s lymphoma about a month ago. It’s been a wild ride. Just getting diagnosed took two hospital stays over four months apart, numerous visits with my primary care physician, cat scans and MRIs out the wazoo -a lumbar drain- and finally out of necessity a triple biopsy in and on top of the brain. Subsequent to diagnosis I have had a PET scan and bone marrow biopsy to try and confirm lymphoma is limited to brain. Results have been good. My partner has been yelling at me for years “Do you have a brain tumor?!?!” :)
Now that we know what we are facing we have settled on a treatment plan to begin next week. I think prognosis is reasonably good but one never knows. I put my hopes in medical science.
Sorry to hear this but sounds like its looking up. Let us know what we can do.
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I think prognosis is reasonably good
I'm going to cherry pick this and hope these docs have a good plan
stay strong soldier, you got this
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Hopeful
Although……I been running the gamut of emotions over the past month from fear to pity to sadness to shock to bitterness to relief to hope…you name it I have felt it.
I was diagnosed with non Hodgkin’s lymphoma about a month ago. It’s been a wild ride. Just getting diagnosed took two hospital stays over four months apart, numerous visits with my primary care physician, cat scans and MRIs out the wazoo -a lumbar drain- and finally out of necessity a triple biopsy in and on top of the brain. Subsequent to diagnosis I have had a PET scan and bone marrow biopsy to try and confirm lymphoma is limited to brain. Results have been good. My partner has been yelling at me for years “Do you have a brain tumor?!?!” :)
Now that we know what we are facing we have settled on a treatment plan to begin next week. I think prognosis is reasonably good but one never knows. I put my hopes in medical science.
Wow. Good vibes sent your way.
A few weeks ago, I found out that I didn' have prostate cancer. But I was in limbo for 3+ months. Two sketchy PSA tests and a sketchy MRI. Finally, a targetted biopsy gave the definitive analysis that the lesion was not cancerous. But I was on edge for 3+ momths, from teh time of first high PSA score to the time I got the biopsy results.
So my mood has been on a high note since I got the results a couple or few weeks ago.
We are fortunate to live in a time where medican science has advanced to where it is.
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Holy shit hutch... thinking of you my friend.
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Oh man Hutch. So sorry you have deal with this unfortunate medical condition. You'll get through it. We love you!
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We're pulling for you, man.
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We should absolutely throw a black tie fundraiser for awareness.
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Hopeful
glad to hear it. be strong, you can beat this.
Although……I been running the gamut of emotions over the past month from fear to pity to sadness to shock to bitterness to relief to hope…you name it I have felt it.
i went through something similar starting about 3 months ago, i.e. at the start of the ukraine/russia war (i need to write about it at some point...). the good news, for me, was that eventually i ran out of that energy. i was driving myself insane, and managed to step out of it - thanks, in part, to the support of friends. hopefully your faith in science will further reinforce you, too.
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Wow. Just read this. Hutch, you are the bright beacon of this board; be brave and know you always have friends here.
Love you, forum brother!
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Hang in there Hutch and fight like hell. You can beat this!
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Thanks guys…appreciate the kind words
The only thing to do is keep keeping on
And in the words of Keith Richards “It’s good to be here…it’s good to be anywhere….”