We're at the General right now; just having left our appointment with the hematologist and chemo nurse, and waiting to have some blood work done.
Dr. Toupin (the hematologist) said that it looks like stage 3 Hodgkin's, so they pretty strongly advise starting chemo as soon as possible, in two weeks. It wasn't the news we were hoping for. We all thought we had caught this pretty early, Dr. Toupin included, and that we might be able to delay treatment until after baby is born. But with it being stage 3, she feels it would be unwise to delay. She is confident about this course of action because recent studies are showing that babies born to moms who had chemo during pregnancy do well in the long-term. There are risks of preterm birth and low birth weight, so we will be followed by a high-risk obstetrician.
Also, they are unsure if my elevated liver enzymes are related to the lymphoma or the pregnancy; so the obstetricians need to investigate that, and will have to ultrasound my liver.
I'll be getting a port-a-cath soon, which I'm very grateful for.
That's all for now.