Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Good News / Bad News

I got a call from my doctor today and he had some good news and bad news for me. Here's the bad news first:

After looking at my PET Scan results my doctor told me I have Stage 3 (not stage 2) Lymphoma. There are 4 stages total - stage 4 being the worst. Because it is worse than he had originally thought, I'll be doing more cycles of chemo than I was initially told. It has now been bumped up to 6 cycles (12 treatments) of chemo, rather than just 2 cycles. That means I wont be done with treatment until around February.

The good news is that there's still nearly a 100% chance of me being cured and I don't have anything to worry about (except for now I'll be bald in the family Christmas pictures...awesome...).

3 comments:

  1. Praying for you Ryan! You have an awesome attitude and God is still in control! Hair...overrated, right?

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  2. Yayyyyyyyy for the second part. And good for the first part whatever they need to do to make sure its gone completely! Praying for you Ryan

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  3. Hair...overrated - I'll try to keep that in mind Tawni! Haha. Thanks!

    And thanks for the prayers Joe!

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