got my bone marrow biopsy and ct scan

They took bone marrow out of my good hip (my left hip) using novocaine and a screw (and possibly other tools that I did not want to know about). It feels like someone kicked me in the hip, exactly like the doctor said. When they suck out the bone marrow that feels really weird. Now we wait a few days for the results to see if the lymphoma is in my bone marrow. Meanwhile, I now have two hurt hips.

For the CT Scan, I had to drink six cups of this orange liquid that was kind of like the badly mixed Tang. Then they injected me with a dye that made my body feel very warm and then they scanned me with the donut machine. We already found out the results. There were no lymph glands swollen, which is a good sign. Using this extra scan, they were not able to find the cancer anywhere else.

The PET Scan on Tuesday will look even closer for other places the lymphoma may be. We are hoping it is only in the bone right now, so we can stage my cancer at Stage 1, which helps the prognosis. I don't care about knowing how good the prognosis is too much because I have already seen how faulty some doctors can be on that. The treatment they give me will be the same if it is in Stage I or Stage IV. These extra tests are just going to give us a bunch of information to start as a baseline during my treatment. I am ready to get them to start the chemo so I can get closer to recovery...and hopefully closer to walking again since this stupid tumor is eating up my hip bone.