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Hello, my name is Helen, I am from Scotland. I have DLBCL, diagnosed after a lump appeared on my neck. My question is do many of you suffer with neuropathy in your fingertips? Mine started a couple of weeks after my first Chemo. I am about to have my...
Hi. I'm just over a week into my first round of r-chop. It's my last day of taking zarizo today but I'm getting a lot of lower back pain for the first time. I've got some tiger balm heat patches that I think might help but not sure if I'm allowed them...
Hi everyone. I was given a diagnosis of "thyroid lymphoma" since my symptoms began with the sudden appearance of lumps around my thyroid and a corresponding impact on my breathing and eating. NHL was also mentioned. It took a while before the term DLBCL...
My partner was diagnosed with DLBCL in August of 2021. Thankfully he was seen quickly and 6 rounds of chemo started in September and finished at the end of Jan 2022. Apart from feeling tired and a few days of no taste buds during each round things went...
Good Afternoon everyone In March 2020 I was diagnosed with Non Hodgkins Large B Cell Lymphoma and started 4 months of R Cop Chemo. I also had to have 2 doses of High dose Methatrexate in between the R Chop. My last treatment was in September 2020. Everything...
I all I was initially on the Head & Neck Cancer group as GP and ENT consultant thought the tumour? on my tonsil was that but the biopsy revealed DLBCL and I must admit I was so shocked and scared by the news. Since last Thursday I have read so much and...
I bit disappointed with the results, I keep hearing how R Chop is like salt on snow in getting rid of this type of cancer and how people see lumps shrink almost before their eyes, well my mass although has got smaller by 4cm it still leaves a mass of...
I have a large mass in my retroperitoneal I have have my first round of R Chop I am feeling very emotional about the second. Has anyone has a mass like this and can anyone give me some positive feedback. Thanks Verity25
Hi, I have completed 2 cycles of R Chop and 1 intrathecal injection but am experiencing some symptoms including head pain. Its not a normal headache because it only hurts when I bend down or cough and sneeze. My nurses have said it’s normal but if anyone...
Hi it's Verity again, going for my 4th R Chop, this time I am getting quite anxious as round three made me quite ill for over two weeks to be honest the worst I have ever felt. Round 1 and 2 although not pleasant was doable but round three really hit...
