Dear all, After I received the e-mail of the pathologist in Budapest yesterday, I immediately forwarded it to my doctor here. This morning in the hospital they came with the explanation. On the first biopsy there could be some doubt. Something about CD2 and CD3 cells, but on the new biopsy this kind of cells were not found at all. Which leaves only the Hodgkin-cells. I guess a doctor would find this explanation very simple, but of course I'm not a doctor. So, let's just believe I do have Hodgkins disease. Today I had a little surgery again, to place the "catheter". Unfortunately they were quite late, and the nurses decided to start the treatment tomorrow, which means I have to stay untill monday afternoon. That's all! Greetings, Harmen
Dear all, Leuven and Budapest don't agree. I just received an e-mail, sent by the pathologist in Budapest. He says he overlooked the pages again and stays with the original diagnosis. He has some arguments that are of course too difficult for me, I've sent the e-mail to the doctors in Leuven and try to hope they can argue with them. I hope this won't be a matter of pride. They are making it very difficult for me to believe in anything... Greetings, Harmen
Dear all,
I don't have much information to share. Tomorrow I will go to the hospital and stay there 'till sunday afternoon. Tonight I was al sweaty again, maybe you don't want to know, but it makes me uncertain. There were dead cells, that can cause the enlargement, but I only have this kind of symptoms since the new treatment. Hmm, I will only be relieved if I see some convincing results. Greetings, Harmen
Dear all,
Later this week, they will start the treatment again, probably on friday. The doctor told me that the pathologist found a lot of dead cells in the lymphnode, which can cause an enlargement, and which could be the result of the chemotherapy. So let's just hope that it works. There's not much more I can say, except for the pain in my arm since I left the hospital on saturday, caused by the infusion. They couldn't find anything bad, like a trombosis, and gave me a cream for it. At this moment I don't feel any difference yet. Before the next treatment they will place a "catheder", to avoid this kind of problems. I haven't got any idea how they do that. That's it for now! Bye!
Harmen
Dear all,
The team of doctors (apparently they have a team) decided that the diagnosis is Hodgkin Lymphoma. I believe that's something to be happy about! I think it multiplies my chances by 2 or 3! The other news is that they will give me the same treatment as last time :s I guess they have reasons to think that the treatment really had some effect. At least this time, they will watch me very good to see what the treatment is doing. I have a meeting with the doctor tomorrow morning, I hope he will make things clear. That's all I can say for now. My hopes are up! Higher than they've been for a very long time! Although I know the treatment will be very heavy! I also would like to thank you all for your support, I get a lot of very nice reactions and I'm very happy you all think this blog is a good idea. I might not always respond to this reactions but please know that I read all of them and every one of them helps me very much! Good night! Harmen
