While on vacation one of my great doctors called me to give me the news that my non-hodgkins lymphoma was of the more aggressive type and they weren’t sure the standard RCHOP therapy would do the trick.  So, beginning round two I will go to EPOCH-R, which is a 96 hour continuous infusion of the same basic drugs, which a few more thrown in for good measure.  The idea of continuous infusion as I understand it is to allow the medicines to stay in my system longer, and therefore kill more of the cancer.  The continuous infusion is a challenge with my children, who like to hug and crawl all around me (and I like that too by the way) but we will do what it takes to kill this bitch once and for all.  Once again I am mindful about the fact that this therapy is relatively new and 20 years ago, I wouldn’t have had this option.  Thank you science.