Hodgkin Lymphoma

XVIII: Stem Cell Transplant, Unfiltered

This past Friday (day T+10) I was discharged home from the hospital. All told I spent 19…

XV: Out of the Frying Pan

Phase one of treatment is officially over. Following four rounds of salvage…

XIV: The lowdown on Brentuximab and Bendamustine

XIII: The Right Words

It probably shouldn’t surprise me at this point, but I’ve nonetheless been blown away by the number of people who have…

XII: The Entirely Unnecessary Sequel

It’s back.

Part VII: Azuremia

It’s Saturday afternoon. My appetite is gone. A subtle tightness in my chest keeps me from taking full breaths, and I feel…

Part VI: Forced Perspective

One moment the cancer is spreading. Fifteen minutes later the cancer is demonstrating excellent response to…

Part V: On the Run

Two miles. Seventeen minutes and thirty two seconds. The slowest pace I had run in over a year.

Part III: A Raindrop in a River

“But I’m just a raindrop in a river, just a little itty bitty grain of sand”

Part I: Good Bad News

After a month spent trapped in the diagnostic vortex, last week I finally got an answer. The bad news is that I have…