R&B? It could be Rhythm and Blues.
Not that we're blue about anything right now. Except for the intense blue of the summer sky. And can I just say that a summer (relatively) free of doctors or labs or appointments was extremely nice? Normal is good!
The clinic at Stanford was efficient, well-organized, pleasant, and reassuring. Their directions were great and we found it with plenty of time to spare. Check-in was a breeze. The staff is friendly and helpful. The doctors were thorough and reassuring. Our Stanford doc is also a researcher and is expert at what's working, what's new, what's in the FDA-approval pipeline now, and what's going to be tomorrow. If you have to have cancer, then you want to have an expert watching your back.
The lymphoma specialists meet and discuss the patients they'll see that day and formulate a treatment plan (if the exam shows nothing unexpected). So since the RCVP didn't work on the type of NHL as hoped, they had a new recommendation for us--R-B. It's the abbreviation of the next kind of chemo---Rituxan and Bendamustine. It's supposed to be extremely effective and has very low side-effects. Sign us up! (Easy for me to say since I'm not the one having poison pumped into my system.)
We don't have to travel to Stanford for treatment since it can easily be administered here in Reno with our regular oncologist. But Stanford is available if we have any questions or concerns.
And the chemo starts next week. We'll be getting used to the new protocol. Every four weeks instead of three. Two successive days of chemo instead of one long day. The timing is good as the pain index is inching up a bit.
Let's hope the next CT (in two months) shows a vast improvement. If not, then Stanford has a Plan C up their lab-coat sleeve. It's nice to have backup for the backup but I'm hoping it's not needed.
The side benefits of our Stanford trip were getting a good visit with his family while we stayed in the Bay Area and getting to watch E play in a soccer tournament that just coincidentally happened to be in the area on the same weekend.
Not that we're blue about anything right now. Except for the intense blue of the summer sky. And can I just say that a summer (relatively) free of doctors or labs or appointments was extremely nice? Normal is good!
The clinic at Stanford was efficient, well-organized, pleasant, and reassuring. Their directions were great and we found it with plenty of time to spare. Check-in was a breeze. The staff is friendly and helpful. The doctors were thorough and reassuring. Our Stanford doc is also a researcher and is expert at what's working, what's new, what's in the FDA-approval pipeline now, and what's going to be tomorrow. If you have to have cancer, then you want to have an expert watching your back.
The lymphoma specialists meet and discuss the patients they'll see that day and formulate a treatment plan (if the exam shows nothing unexpected). So since the RCVP didn't work on the type of NHL as hoped, they had a new recommendation for us--R-B. It's the abbreviation of the next kind of chemo---Rituxan and Bendamustine. It's supposed to be extremely effective and has very low side-effects. Sign us up! (Easy for me to say since I'm not the one having poison pumped into my system.)
We don't have to travel to Stanford for treatment since it can easily be administered here in Reno with our regular oncologist. But Stanford is available if we have any questions or concerns.
And the chemo starts next week. We'll be getting used to the new protocol. Every four weeks instead of three. Two successive days of chemo instead of one long day. The timing is good as the pain index is inching up a bit.
Let's hope the next CT (in two months) shows a vast improvement. If not, then Stanford has a Plan C up their lab-coat sleeve. It's nice to have backup for the backup but I'm hoping it's not needed.
The side benefits of our Stanford trip were getting a good visit with his family while we stayed in the Bay Area and getting to watch E play in a soccer tournament that just coincidentally happened to be in the area on the same weekend.
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