Hi I have been diagnosed with large B cell lymphoma and have just had my first Chemotherapy last month which was awful and I am now dreading my second Chemo next week. I am wondering how I will get through the six sessions planned by my doctor

Hi Bria and warm welcome to the Macmillan Online Community although sorry that you had to find us and especially sorry to hear about your Lymphoma diagnosis.

I am Mike and I help out around our Lymphoma groups. I was diagnosed way back in 1999 at 43 with a rare, incurable but treatable type of Low Grade Non Hodgkin’s Lymphoma eventually reaching Stage 4a in late 2013 so although my Lymphoma ‘type’ may be different I do appreciate the challenges of this journey rather well.

At the moment this all feels both physically and mentally impossible but you will get there, I totally understand as I was in the exact same position between mid 2013 to late 2014….. but due to my type of NHL and how it was presenting I had a combination of 45 radiotherapy zaps, over 750 hrs of chemo and 2 Allo (donor) Stem Cell Transplants but I turn 68 this Nov and I am doing great. Unlike my incurable NHL that was treated to get me into remission your type of Large B Cell is being treated with an aim to cure….. but it will be rough going but this has to be done to evict this uninvited squatter in your body.

I do see that you have already joined our dedicated Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma This is a safe place to talk to others with a similar diagnosis, treatment experience, to ask questions and get support.

To connect with the group click on the “Bold Link” I have created above then once the group page opens you can then put up your own post when you’re ready by clicking “+new” or “+” in the top right next to the group title. You can copy and paste the text from this post into your new post.

I will keep an eye open for you in the group and I will be able to help you out further.