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Stable PET Scan, a possible clinical trial, and suggested radiation

It's very early. It's Colonoscopy day so I'm up drinking and drinking and drinking the potion.  I've been catching up on all things medical since the beginning of the year. Ob/gyn, vision, colonoscopy, oncologist, dermatologist (just had a biopsy done on my leg...the lymphoma may be morphing to the cutaneous type and we might want to treat it with light therapy and gels before it spreads). The dermatologist suggested I have some laser treatments on my face because I get broken blood vessels and my nose is quite red/purple as a result of a skin cancer Mohs procedure I had done several years ago for Squamish Cell Carcinoma. I just met virtually with Dr. Raleigh, the DO I love from Restoration Healthcare in Irvine. She monitors my thyroid that I had to ablate with radiation many years ago because of out-of-control goiters. We discussed my concerns about Prednisone and she suggested I start cutting it down very very slowly to see what the minimum is I can get away with. Eve...