It’s now official.
I just got a call from Dr. Robertson at Summit Cancer Care here in Savannah who informed me that my biopsy results from Friday, May 1st, are, indeed, positive for Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma. Certainly, not what I wanted to hear.
R-ICE chemo begins this Thursday morning at 9:45 AM at Memorial Hospital on an inpatient basis. From what I understand, I will probably remain in the hospital through Saturday or Sunday.
This is really REALLY hard. Real hard. Even though I knew in my heart that the biopsy results were going to be positive, it is a punch in the gut to hear it confirmed. I thought I was prepared, but I wasn’t. Before today everything was just talk and I could mentally detach myself from it. Now it’s official and I can no longer pretend that the results just “might” come back negative.
I know there is no need to apologize for this, but I’m truly sorry for the inconvenience this entire issue presents to everyone. It there was any way I could let this cup pass from me, I would.
I asked Dr. Robertson if I could start on Monday so that I could have time to get my head together and maybe enjoy one last weekend. He said no, that Dr. Langston, the transplant surgeon at Emory, thinks it’s best to start right away.
Remember me in your prayers as this new ride down a very bumpy road begins.
Mitch
