Lymphoma -- Living with a New Reality
January 31, 2014 Less than a week ago, I was diagnosed with low grade, follicular lymphoma. The surgeon who did the biopsy was the one who called. She rattled off all these words: test came back positive low grade follicular lymphoma oncology medical not surgical CT scan test any questions? I said, “yeah, … can you repeat the part about… well, the whole thing?” So she did. And she followed it, predictably, with, “Any other questions?” “No.” “Low grade” sounded good. “Lymphoma” not so much. Told my family. Did a bit of research. Watched a Youtube video of a Swedish surgeon. Family was pretty much devastated. I was mostly in shock. Now, it’s mostly sur...