I've been asked to update folks on my condition re the lymphoma in the Mediastinum.

The biopsy says that yes, indeed, it's lymphoma, and it is indeed malignant, a relative of Hodgkin's disease. That's the bad news.

The good news is that it's small, and asymptomatic. Better, the Good Doc tells me that, although he's not the oncologist who will have the last word, it's slow-growing, and has probably been there for a long time (as in several years). With the same disclaimer, he thinks that it is very easily treated. I asked whether by radiation or chemo, and he thought, since it's small, isolated, and asymptomatic, the oncologist will probably choose radiation.

I wouldn't have chosen to have the thing in the first place (surprise! surprise!), but given its presence, the above qualifies as good news.

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Dave Oesterreich