Hi all.

I'm sorry if this post seems very unprepared, but this new diagnosis has taken us by surprise, and the cancer seems to be very aggressive. I was wondering if anyone else out there has had non-Hodgkin's lymphoma? This was caught with a very small PET hot spot on the iliac bone (back) and back pain. His white blood count and platelets are low. See below for more details. Tomorrow he gets a bone marrow sample and lots of bloodwork. Monday a CT scan, and then some time next week we'll have his staging, prognosis and treatment plan.

This board was an amazing source of information when DH was in treatment 3 years ago - I'm still so grateful to all of you who post and reply here.

Thanks for letting me share.


Shelly

CG to husband, age 58 (nonsmoker/seldom drinker), Dx SCC right tonsil and one node - tonsilectomy 5/15/07, Rx Cisplatin x 3 with IMRT x 35, Peg 7/6/07, last chemo 7/20/07 and last rad 7/25/07; PET scans clear until 4/10, 9/13/10 diagnosis of "ALL" leukemia, in hospital for 2-4 weeks treatment