My husband and I were really excited and anxious to meet the oncologist. We were looking forward to knowing and understanding more about the disease and the treatments available and how soon the healing and recovery process can start. On the other hand, we were also a bit worried on how much the treatments might… Continue reading 3rd time’s a charm

My follow-up checkup was supposed to be a week after I got discharged from the hospital but having seen the partial biopsy result we couldn’t wait any longer so even if we (my husband and I) we’re supposed to go on Thursday (or 7 days later), my husband and I went to see the doctor… Continue reading Immunohistochemical Staining & Diagnosis

I was so glad to be back to our home sweet home but at the same time anxious about the biopsy results. The day after I got discharged, my husband went back to the hospital and got the biopsy results. The diagnosis was that it was either Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma or Thymoma (my further research reveals… Continue reading Biopsy and Birthday

This is probably going to be one of my longest post, if not the longest, so please bear with me. As a side note, I have never missed any of my Annual Physical Exam except last year due to a really busy schedule. I arrived at my Annual Physical Exam (APE) appointment as scheduled on… Continue reading My APE that turned into an ER visit and into a 7 day hospital stay…

Sometime May or June this year, I started having chest pains, it felt like something was crushing inside my chest or that my heart was being squeezed. At times, I would also have difficulty breathing especially after climbing long stairs (particularly the ones in the walkways near our office building). Initially, I thought it was… Continue reading Early Symptoms…