Ok, so had the consultation with the surgeon yesterday. He went over the stuff leading up to my being there and explained the process - taking out a lymph node to do a biopsy for further information on my lymphoma.
He said there were "active" nodes in my neck, armpits and groin. After checking around, he feels going after one in my right armpit would be the best option. The nodes in the neck are close to the salivary glands and the groin nodes can sometimes have some "leakage"... neither sounds like much fun. He also said if the one from the armpit doesn't give them what they need, the groin would be the next option.
I asked if they were doing a bone marrow biopsy at the same time, but he didn't know. He said he doesn't do bone marrow biopsies, but sometimes my hematologist would come in after him and do one. Still not sure what's going on there...
I also asked about a timeframe for having it done, he said my hematologist didn't make it seem super-urgent, and with the Pope in the area they were limiting how many procedures they could do. So it sounds like a week or two, waiting on the scheduler (silly me to think she would be in the same office at the same time) to call and set up the surgery. And lucky me, because I use a CPAP, I get to go the hospital instead of the surgical center. The plus to that is the lab where they do the biopsy testing is downstairs from the O.R., so it can get there sooner.
No call today, so I wait until next week...
Thank you ALL for the kind words, thoughts and prayers. They all help!!
He said there were "active" nodes in my neck, armpits and groin. After checking around, he feels going after one in my right armpit would be the best option. The nodes in the neck are close to the salivary glands and the groin nodes can sometimes have some "leakage"... neither sounds like much fun. He also said if the one from the armpit doesn't give them what they need, the groin would be the next option.
I asked if they were doing a bone marrow biopsy at the same time, but he didn't know. He said he doesn't do bone marrow biopsies, but sometimes my hematologist would come in after him and do one. Still not sure what's going on there...
I also asked about a timeframe for having it done, he said my hematologist didn't make it seem super-urgent, and with the Pope in the area they were limiting how many procedures they could do. So it sounds like a week or two, waiting on the scheduler (silly me to think she would be in the same office at the same time) to call and set up the surgery. And lucky me, because I use a CPAP, I get to go the hospital instead of the surgical center. The plus to that is the lab where they do the biopsy testing is downstairs from the O.R., so it can get there sooner.
No call today, so I wait until next week...
Thank you ALL for the kind words, thoughts and prayers. They all help!!