Hello again Steve and Nicole,
Just to have some sort of base this is what I went through with Hodgkin's Disease.
2 nodes on the right side of my neck, and a mass in my chest. The surgeon said I was a stage 1 B, oncologist said stage 2 A. When I questioned this they said it was a matter of splitting hairs, as the sites were above the diaphram. I was treated in Boston. I didn't have the PET scan( remember this was 10 years ago) I had surgury that biopsied MANY, MANY, nodes including the liver and they removed my spleen. I had 4 1/2 weeks of radiation to treat the 'mantle' area (neck, chest under arms) and 4 weeks to treat (unaffected area) abdominal area. Only this part upset my stomache(as a small bit of it fell in the radiation field) but this was managable.
It took longer to change clothes for the radiation treatments than the actual treatment took.
Just remember....it will give you a glowing personality ;-)
Nicole, Keep smiling !! You will be fine! I am confident of this!!! Pleas feel free to pm me or e-mail me if neded.
Steve thank you for updating us. You are all in my thoughts.