Starting the battle...

Everyone thinks....that will never happen to me. Cancer is something other people get, not me. I didn't even know what Lymphoma was when the doctor told me. Well, you can bet, I sure know what it is now!

I was diagnosed with Lymphoma on May 26, 2006. After finding a large hard lump in my abdomen, I went to the doctor to have it checked out in April. I met with my OBGYN first, thinking it may be a cyst on an ovary since it was in the lower abdomen. After an ultrasound & a CAT scan, it was determined I definitely had a large mass in my abdomen but it was not on my ovary. The surgeon was not sure what it was but knew it had to come out since it was so large and causing me pain. He was very sure it was endometriosis, which wasn't a very big deal and could be treated easily. Well, as I awoke after surgery, I was informed it had been an enlarged lymph node and that meant I have Lymphoma! I thought, Lymphoma? But isn't that some kind of ...... Cancer?!