After my official diagnosis, I was told that my treatment would be 6 months of chemotherapy (ABVD). Before treatment could begin, they needed to check my heart and lungs (since the chemo drugs can be hard on the heart and lungs), and get a "port" installed to allow the injection of the chemo drugs without hooking-up an IV.
I ended-up pushing the date of the tests and the surgery to the following week partially because I had plan with my girlfriend that week, but also because I felt I needed one more "normal" week to emotionally prepare for what lay ahead.
The heart and lung tests were on 6/30, and the surgery was 7/1. My friend Tawni took me to the surgery and back home again afterwards.
Everything came out fine for the tests (lung functionality was actually above average), and the surgery went smoothly, and I was scheduled for my first treatment on 7/3.
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