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Hi, I have finished 6 sessions if R chop. I had no real problems except for feeling nausious after the 3rd and subsequent sessions. The problem I have now started a week ago - 3 weeks after the last session. I am getting quite severe pains in my right...
Hello. My consultant could not answer this so I thought I’d ask for peoples experiences. I was diagnosed with stage 4 dlbcl in 2018. A long and arduous year of chemo failed so in November 2019 I had the new CAR-T treatment. I read somewhere that if You...
Hi everyone I have recently been diagnosed with High grade Diffuse Large B Cell NHL stage 2 and have had my first round of R-CHOP. It has been a difficult period for my adult children as sadly my husband had the same and passed away through a infection...
Hello everyone I would be super grateful if anyone could offer any advice regarding travelling to the USA from the UK for trial treatment for any non-hodgkins lymphoma type illness, my son has been receiving treatment (Chemo + Cart) for over 12 months...
I should have ben into my R-CHOP chemo treatment by now, I was due to start at the beginning of May, but life threw a curve ball and I had to delay treatment as I broke my arm the weekend before it was due to begin. I've got lymphoma in my left arm, a...
Hi I'm new to this group, my 68 yr old hubby was diagnosed two weeks ago, it came as quite a shock to both of us, the consultant told us it was contained in his spleen and all other major organs seem to be clear, his home marrow sample was clear and no...
I haven't posted anything for a long time. My husband who is 73 is now 9 months post treatment. Chemo and radiotherapy. I thought I would post and maybe it would give peole just starting their journey some sort of help. We are not out of the woods yet...
Hi everyone, I am due to start R CHOP next week and been told to expect to have my hair fall out. I’m wondering if people have just shaved their head or went through the hair falling out. What is best emotionally and practically please. Thank you.
Hello all. Just like to post that I've finished my treatment and now slowly moving forward with life. I finished the last treatment of radiotherapy in March 2022. I found I had cancer in my testicle on May 6th 2021. Later on after it was removed it...
Hi has anyone had experience of this drug that breaks the blood / brain barrier and goes throughout the nervous system?
