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Yesterday went really smoothly... It was a pain in the butt to sit for 4 to 5 hours but the infusions produced no issues... I came away feeling energetic and pumped to be doing the treatment versus all of the probing and upfront analytical work that we had done... I was given a dose of rituximab (Rituxan) which is an immunotherapy material that turns looking for and destroying damaged cells into a PacMan game... It is selective regarding which cells it marks as targets thus not causing damage to other cells... Even today, I couldn't tell that I had  been given anything... I got a little more tired than normal after lunch--but a couple of hours nap rebalanced everything...I was also given an iron infusion since my blood work indicated that I was slightly anemic...

Will do three more sessions over the next three weeks... and then will plan out any next steps... If the lump reduces 50% in size with the initial 4 sessions, the probability of complete remission is very high... Based on some clinical studies, this magnitude of reduction is highly possible...

Thanx to the social worker who got me some resource information... The guy who spoke with me pulled together the kind of support resources that I was trying to find... He also took me through the many resources that are available in the medical complex where the doctors and labs are located... The facility is only a couple of miles from my house... And there are many Starbucks in the area...

Tomorrow I'll hit the punching bags and see if the treatment has any effect on my RSB activities... I'll be glad when I can get back to dancing--I had to sidetrack that part of my program to deal with my introduction to the mysteries of NHL and its associated intrusions...

The grandson is going through his "before bedtime" laps around house--while practicing his vocalizations which are growing in volume with each passing day... He's going to be a loud one--in fact he already is...