A Little Encouraging
I've been traveling for the past week and a half and happened to run into a wonderful lady who had just finished treatment with R-CHOP for follicular lymphoma. It was truly a chance meeting. I was encouraged to learn that her doctor had mentioned radioimmunotherapy as the next possible treatment when and if that becomes necessary, and I'm hoping that more and more doctors are beginning to incorporate RIT as the important treatment option that it is.
But - as Mort and I have repeatedly stated - please don't wait for your doctor to mention RIT. If you think you are a candidate for it, ask your oncologist about it and if he or she resists, ask a radiation oncologist or nuclear medicine physician about it.
There are simply too many patients who could benefit from this important treatment who aren't getting it. Please don't be one of them.
Betsy