Finding the Doctor
We live near a large teaching hospital with a clinic which specializes in the blood cancers, and I landed in the hands of an excellent doctor whose specialty is lymphoma. Knowing what I now know, I realize just how lucky that was for several reasons. First, successful treatment depends on correct pathology, and pathologists who see nothing but lymphoma are more likely to recognize the subtle differences between the various types of the disease. Second, it also depends on specialists who are aware of the newest and most effective treatments - and who are willing to use them.
Not everyone has access to specialists such as I had and so the task of dealing with lymphoma is more difficult. Correct information is critical, but where, oh where, to find it?