First visit with the Oncologist

My Oncologist's name is Dr. Draper.  My first visit with him was on January 12, 2011.  Basically he told me that my staging wouldn't be complete until I had a couple more tests ran.  One being a bone marrow biopsy and the other being a PETscan.  He also explained that the Chemotherapy that I would be receiving (ABVD) could have an effect on my heart and my lungs and I would have to get a MUGA scan (to test heart function) and a pulmonary function test (to test function of my lungs) before I could start treatment.  He informed me that my first treatment would start on February 2, 2011.  The staging of my cancer would then determine the amount of treatments I would need.

He explained that you receive treatment once every other week and that is one cycle.  He said that I shouldn't get sick b/c he will give me an anti nausea medicine to help with that.  Oh and that most important thing he told me was the cure rate for Hodgkin's Lymphoma is 95%!