Thursday, October Eighteenth Two Thousand Twelve

Today was a long and tiring day for Lauren.  She did not get great sleep as the nurses come in at all times of the night to run different tests.  Lauren had several different tests ran to make sure they can decipher which specific type of lymphoma she has.  There are over 20 different types of lymphoma and figuring out which specific type she has will help the doctors specialize the best treatment for that type. Lauren had a surgical procedure done that took biopsies from three different lymphnodes in her abdomen.  They will study the results to figure out which type of lymphoma it is.  

She still has a sense of humor because in her words, "it was like the set of general hospital" haha because all of the doctors were so handsome!

Unfortunately, we will not find out which type of lymphoma it is until Monday.  Because the doctors said this is an aggressive cancer, they wanted to go ahead and start her on a general chemotherapy.  An aggressive cancer is actually better to have than a mild cancer because they feel they can get it all at once instead of a mild cancer where it may lay dormant in the abdomen for years and come back later.  

Lauren was anxious to start the chemo in order to start attacking the bad cells and starting this journey of recovery.  My mom stayed the night with her to keep her comfortable during her stay.  The chemo took about two hours. She did well through it.

"The strength of a Man is not in his muscles but what is in his heart"