Good news today. The results of the pathology of the needle biopsy came back negative for malignancy. That is quite a relief.
Then I had my last infusion for this set of treatments. First I had a meeting with Dr. C that went really well. I had taken the time to organize the information that I had from several studies using rituximab, and write out a bunch of questions, rule outs, and thoughts about how I might want my treatment to continue. As I asked questions and he looked at my notes, we really came to the same conclusion. Because rituximab doesn't tend to show reduction in it's efficacy with multiple treatments, we can use it in a maintenance program. So we made another appointment for a month from now to see how things are going, and we will monitor for symptoms closely. In six months we will do another 4X treatment of rituximab as a maintenance dose.
There is always targeted radiation, and toxic chemo regemins if things get worse not better, and there are newer monoclonal antibody drugs coming out as well. So physically, this one is looking pretty easy.
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