We are very grateful that Ben could start chemotherapy again tonight after a delay of 3 weeks. His new regime is called "dose adjusted EPOCH" where EPOCH stands for the five drugs involved (along with antibiotics and other pills and potions to deal with bugs and side effects.) Today his doctor confirmed what we knew; that his spleen was cancerous. He also confirmed that the biopsy of the liver showed that it too was affected. This is not surprising but it is discouraging. So at this stage we hope that the new and more aggressive therapy will force the lymphoma into remission. Then after one or two rounds of monthly chemo followed by a month or so of recovery Ben should be ready for a bone marrow transplant.
Meanwhile he has heard that his application to study medicine has not been initially successful although further offers will be made in the next month or so. You can imagine that this leaves Ben in a state of chaos and uncertainty.
Saturday, November 8, 2008
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3 comments:
Glad chemo could be re started, the best of luck to Ben! I hope it doesn't make him feel unwell.
All my love and prayers, Mercedes
Hoping ben is feeling ok.
Hang on there Ben!! We're all praying for you!
Love to all, Mercedes
still looking forward to seeing history's greatest doctor as an intern at our hospital. bad news can flip over ...don't forget the divine chiasma,
much love to Ben and everyone,
jill d
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