Lymphoma Diagnosis

I'm new to blogging, but what better time to start than now? It was less than 3 weeks ago when I learned that I "probably" had lymphoma. Stomach pain and internal bleeding which I'd had briefly in late December had seemed to go away, so I thought maybe my problems were over...or at least were minor.

I never expected to learn that I had cancer. NonHodgkins lymphoma. On Monday, March 1st, 2 days before my 56th birthday I had surgery to remove about 8 inches of my small bowel, including a growth that was about the size of my surgeon's fist. (At my request, they saved a photo for me.) The pathology report confirmed the diagnosis. Several tests and procedures later, I'm now awaiting news from the oncologist about what stage my cancer is in.

This blog will chart my journey, hopefully a path to "bountiful," a place on the other side of lymphoma.