Welcome
Friday, June 1st, 2007An account of my experience with Hodgkin’s disease
The Story
Diagnosis (last updated 2/6/03)
Staging (last updated 2/24/03)
Choosing a Treatment (last updated 2/25/03)
Chemo (last updated 2/25/03)
Hiatus (last updated 5/3/03)
Radiation (last updated 6/13/03)
Aftermath (last updated 5/15/07)
Cast of Characters
If you’re here, you probably know us, but just in case….
Mike: my husband
Ben: my son, age 6
Emmy: my daughter, turned 2 in the course of the story
TiVo: where I work
Alana: my sister. Also works at TiVo.
Mom and Bud: my mom (duh) and step-father
Dad and Audrey: my dad (duh again) and step-mother
The Medical Personnel, in order of appearance
Dr. David Francisco: my usual doctor
Dr. Peter Naruns: the surgeon who did the biopsy
Dr. Peter Yu: the first oncologist I saw
Dr. Bill Loo: the Stanford Radiation Oncologist resident who works with Dr. Horning
Dr. Sandra Horning: the Stanford oncologist who will treat me
Sheila Breslin, RN: The nurse in Stanford’s lymphoma clinic
Dr. Brad Ekstrand: another doctor who works with Dr. Horning
Dr. Richard Hoppe: the Stanford radiation oncologist who will treat me
Dr. David Roberge: another radiation oncologist who works with Dr. Hoppe
Useful Links
Amusing quotes (last updated 3/25/03)
The Bleo Awards (last updated 5/3/03)
Some thoughts (last updated 10/8/03)
The National Cancer Institute’s Hodgkin’s page
Preston Hunt’s blog (Hodgkin’s diagnosed October 20, 2003, finished treatment March 12, 2004)