After much thought, research, prayer, deliberation, and throwing of darts, I received the treatment I felt most drawn to from the very beginning in late September/early October of 2007. It's called radioimmunotherapy, and the specific treatment I received was a regimen called Bexxar.

As of January 2nd, 2008, I'm happy to report clear PET scans and blood work, meaning I'm officially considered cancer-free and in remission. In fact, in my appointment with my oncologist on January 2nd, he even pulled out the old "you need to lose some weight" lecture. Man, it felt great to get back to that lecture after seven months of nothing but cancer lectures. As a bonus: bloodwork in April 2008 looked even better, and I've lost about 20 pounds so far. I guess if cancer can't make me lose some weight, nothing can.

July 1st of 2008, I'll go in for another CT scan to take a look at all my lymph nodes one more time. If everything's clear, we'll probably do scans again the end of the year. If everything's not clear...well, heck, why would I want to think about that? I'm a big believer in positive thinking, so let's just go with that.

If you'd like to find out more about Bexxar, Patients Against Lymphoma has a great overview on their lymphomation.org website.