Graduates, indeed
Betsy has written, in her beautifully expressive manner, of being a graduate. Graduate is a perfect word, for it holds the imperative that the lymphoma patient must gain knowledge, i.e., must be educated, in order to make the most comfortable decision about therapy.
One need not go leafing through pages of a medical text in order to become educated. One can gain considerable knowledge by talking to and asking questions of many physicians. This is why I have been urging patients to get a formal consultation with a physician experienced in RIT--a radiation oncologist or nuclear medicine physician.
Further, one can gain great information from contacting other patients. This is why Betsy and I are pleased to respond to your questions and comments.
There are many extant therapies for lymphoma---standard chemotherapy, external beam radiation, immunotherapy and radioimmunotherapy (RIT), to name a few. My personal opinion is that you should not accept continuing cycles of standard chemotherapy or immunotherapy (Rituxan) without the consultation on RIT.
Mort