On B& N : My Secret Lymphoma
On Amazon: My Secret Lymphoma
From the overview on B& N.
This book is one patient’s sometimes
humorous account of living with and being treated for cancer which he likens to
having a mistress. Headaches that began
in June of 2009 were not diagnosed as Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma until mid
December. Given odds of 50/50 by his
oncologist he describes the tests, bone marrow biopsies and treatments which
included six cycles of R-CHOP, four spinal infusions with other drugs and,
while in remission, three 28-day cycles of Revlimid (AKA Lenalidomide). Starting with the R-CHOP treatments he
describes the day to day side effects of chemotherapy and his attempts to deal
with them. The remainder of the book
describes the aftermath of treatment which lasts much longer than one would
normally expect.
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