Down With Lumpy - My Hodgkin's Lymphoma Cancer Fight
By Matt P
Down With Lumpy - My Hodgkin's Lymphoma Cancer FightMay 16, 2020
Chemotherapy #3: A Hard Day's Night
In which I magically receive my third chemo infusion despite a week of low-grade fevers!
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Suffering Well Against Hodgkin Lymphoma
In which I get real about how I'm feeling—physically and emotionally.
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Thoughts on Losing My Hair to Chemotherapy
In which I start to lose my hair and finally shave my head.
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My Valentine's Day Hospital Getaway - Neutropenic Fever
In which I spend four days and nights in the hospital.
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No Chemo For You
In which my white blood cell count is too low for me to get my second dose of chemo.
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Chasing Normalcy - How I Felt After My First Chemo Treatment
In which I describe how I'm feeling in the days and week after my first chemo treatment.
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My First Chemotherapy Treatment - #DownWithLumpy Day
In which I get my first dose of ABVD chemotherapy and all my family and friends surprise me with the #DownWithLumpy social media campaign of support!
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Port Authority - Matt Gets A Chemo Port
In which I get a chemotherapy port installed in my chest while fully sedated, much to the chagrin of the surgeon, doctors and nurses.
Read the original blog post and my Gabe Dixon blog post.
See how my chemo port looked like a Chicago Cubs symbol.
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A Few of "My Favorite" Things
In which my wife and I get serenaded by one of my favorite musicians the night before I get my chemo port installed.
Read the original blog post and my Gabe Dixon blog post.
Watch Gabe Dixon's performance.
Listen to Gabe Dixon on Spotify.
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First, We Get A Second Opinion
In which I get a second opinion on my cancer diagnosis from an oncologist at the University of Chicago. Then I get a first opinion from my original oncologist.
Read the original second opinion blog post and the first opinion blog post.
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"Matt Takes Tests Week" Part 3 & 4
In which I get a bone marrow aspiration and a MUGA heart scan.
Read the original bone marrow aspiration post and the MUGA scan post.
As promised, here is the Bill Nye the Science Guy "Love Shack" parody about your bloodstream. That's gonna be in your head for a while.
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"Matt Takes Tests Week" Part 1 & 2
In which I get a pulmonary function test and a PET scan.
Read the original pulmonary function test post and the PET scan post.
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My Cancer Diagnosis
In which I officially become a cancer patient fighting Classic Hodgkin's Lymphoma.
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The Uncertainty of the Diagnosis Waiting Game
In which I confront my anxious feelings about awaiting my full cancer diagnosis and discuss the power of prayer. I also look back on a blog comment left on this post by my friend Dana, who faced her own cancer battle, and reflect on the importance of even the most simple outreach from family and friends when you're facing cancer or any other tough life circumstance.
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Baby's First Cancer Surgery
In which I am put under for surgery for the first time in my life, and they take a lump of lymph node out of my neck for further examination.
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Is That A Lump in Your Throat or Are You Happy to See Me?
In which I realize the growing mass in my neck is not normal and finally get it checked out. Oops...it's cancer.
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Down With Lumpy - Revisiting My Cancer Fight (TRAILER)
It was almost five years ago that I fought and beat Hodgkin's Lymphoma. Throughout the experience, I wrote detailed blog posts about my day-to-day experience of treatment as well as the physical, emotional and spiritual sides of my cancer fight. As I (hopefully) come to the five-year survivor finish line in July as officially "cured," I thought I would record audio versions of my blog posts (along with a five-year reflective perspective) so that others could hear my story. I'm especially hopeful that it will reach podcast listeners who are going through this process themselves.
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