Haven't been on much and as some have seen elseware i've been in the hospital all week.
I'll try to give the short laymens version of the story to the best of my ability.
Two weeks ago I noticed some numbing in my legs and pain in my back. Chiropractor wasnt much help, throughout the week it came and went but by the weekend the pain was much worse. By Monday night it was a crippling pain in my lower back and legs with numbness in other areas. At 4am I went to the ER. After some exams they ordered an MRI which was too painful to sit through so after some pain killers they tried again. The MRI showed some growths they wanted a better look at so I got a CT scan for those areas. What they found was a large growth on my L2,L3 and L4 vertabrae as well as one on my chest near my heart and others on my liver, stomach and spleen along with several swollen lymphnodes.
After a biopsy they diagnosed it as Stage 4 Hodgkins Lymphoma. Not necessarilly good news but a better outcome than it couldve been. Testicular cancer and non Hodgkins Lymphoma were their other ideas. Hodgkins Lymphona is the most easily treated with a very high success rate.
I had my first chemo on Friday and was discharged saturday. Ill have 6 months of out patient chemotherapy and things should be cleared up.
I have to thank my new wife, two weeks into our marraige and shes sleeping in a recliner in the hospital next to me for a week. Also thank my gaurdian angel (mom), and all of the friends and family who helped me through the week and even decorated the room for my birthday (4th).
Im not too worries about any of it, theres far worse things happening to other people out there, but I always like to clear the air with the real story so everyone knows what actually went down. In my opinion its not to serious, its still not something to take lightly though and its pretty scary to know all of this was growing inside me and I never knew until it caused back pains of all things.
Thanks for the support many of you have already shown to me. I appreciate it very much.
I'll try to give the short laymens version of the story to the best of my ability.
Two weeks ago I noticed some numbing in my legs and pain in my back. Chiropractor wasnt much help, throughout the week it came and went but by the weekend the pain was much worse. By Monday night it was a crippling pain in my lower back and legs with numbness in other areas. At 4am I went to the ER. After some exams they ordered an MRI which was too painful to sit through so after some pain killers they tried again. The MRI showed some growths they wanted a better look at so I got a CT scan for those areas. What they found was a large growth on my L2,L3 and L4 vertabrae as well as one on my chest near my heart and others on my liver, stomach and spleen along with several swollen lymphnodes.
After a biopsy they diagnosed it as Stage 4 Hodgkins Lymphoma. Not necessarilly good news but a better outcome than it couldve been. Testicular cancer and non Hodgkins Lymphoma were their other ideas. Hodgkins Lymphona is the most easily treated with a very high success rate.
I had my first chemo on Friday and was discharged saturday. Ill have 6 months of out patient chemotherapy and things should be cleared up.
I have to thank my new wife, two weeks into our marraige and shes sleeping in a recliner in the hospital next to me for a week. Also thank my gaurdian angel (mom), and all of the friends and family who helped me through the week and even decorated the room for my birthday (4th).
Im not too worries about any of it, theres far worse things happening to other people out there, but I always like to clear the air with the real story so everyone knows what actually went down. In my opinion its not to serious, its still not something to take lightly though and its pretty scary to know all of this was growing inside me and I never knew until it caused back pains of all things.
Thanks for the support many of you have already shown to me. I appreciate it very much.
