Diagnosis and treatment plan

We got confirmation of what we already knew: Mom has lymphoma.  The type is large (or diffuse) B-cell. It is an aggressive lymphoma but also is treatable.

The treatment will be "CHOP," where each letter is a certain chemical. The "P" is prednisone,which she started on Tuesday. I think the round of chemo will be tomorrow and she will go home Saturday. The doctor is starting with about a two-thirds dose to have less stress on the kidneys, and can increase in the next round if it seems safe.
Chemo will be every three weeks, and progress is monitored primarily through blood tests.

With the treatment, the doctor (who is wonderful) is guessing a 35% chance of full remission, but most likely suppression of the lymphoma with an improvement in her quality of life, and with more time to do some things, and see people, which are important to her. (If she did not have treatment, she would only have a couple of months to live.)

We talked a lot, and will talk more in the morning, about side affects and how those side affects are either prevented or treated.

More later, but I needed to get this posted.