Where to start?

The difficulty in starting this blog is knowing exactly where to start...I guess we'll start at the beginning. About two months ago Eric noticed a painful lump on his neck (where his neck slopes down to meet his shoulder). He was started on an antibiotic by his doctor (P.A. Tara). Upon finishing the antibiotic he still was experiencing some pain, but tried to ignore it. Finally last week Eric decided he needed to figure out what was going on & made an appointment with her again. She quickly got him in for an ultrasound, they then sent him for a C.T. scan. The news was not good, they scheduled Eric for a biopsy the next morning. Friday morning he went for the biopsy (looking hot in his blue hospital gown, I have a pic I'll post later :0), the doctor was able to remove most of the first lymph node but commented that it looked "suspicious", and noted there were other lymph nodes all in line that looked the same. The weekend was long, we waited, and waited, and Monday came the news we were fearing. Eric has Lymphoma. We don't know how advanced, or what type, or why. He has an appointment Thursday with an oncologist. He should have the final biopsy results, more than likely he will require another C.T. scan (his first was only from the sternum up), from that and some more blood work they should be able to determine what stage, and type of cancer Eric has. We think he caught it early, Eric has had few symptoms (tiredness, itchy skin, and the enlarged lymph node) other symptoms he has not had (fevers, night sweats, weight loss), we believe this is a good sign. We will also find out Thursday what method of treatment will be best for Eric's type of cancer, more than likely he will start this next week. I will update later when we know more, but for now this is all we know. Here is a link for the Lymphoma Society if you have any questions.
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society