Surgery Soon....

Since the bone marrow came back negative, the next course of action is to have my suspect lymph node removed to see what wrong.

This far: I know there are malignant cells--I know that it's lymphoma.. but still don't know if it's Burkitt's yet or not. And of course, I may have to have a BMT (bone marrow transplant) regardless, but if it's a very slow growing lymphoma--perhaps not. I'm not an expert, but apparently agressive lymphomas (such as Burkitt's) can come back as something not as aggressive and vice versa. But when you are dealing with a reccurent cancer of ANY kind--of course you have to take the right action.

July 3 was the soonest appt. I could get at Emory to see an ENT doctor. So I came down to my family's place in Florida. I will see a surgeon tomorrow, and most likely, have neck surgery early next week. The results could take a few days to a week. But hopefully after that, I will know if this is Burkitt's again or not.