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I guess I came searching of some success stories. My dad was diagnosed with stage 4 diffuse large b cell lymphoma + concurrent CNS lymphoma last week. He is 68 and has no other medical conditions so it came as a shock as he was walking around and driving...
I might have posted in a different place earlier. I have my first treatment tomorrow for DLBCL. It seems to just be in my neck at this point. I’ll be doing 4-6 rounds of RCHOP followed by radiation. I’m 50 years old and this came out of nowhere! I had...
Anyone else get depressed at this stage of Chemo? Up till this lot I've been quite happy and positive, but the last few days I've gotten really down and now just feel like giving up. Will this pass? I'm 73, have 2 lots of intrathecal and two lots of Chemo...
Hi all, I’m really struggling at the moment and finding it really hard to cope, alternating between panic and depression. Things are moving in terms of PET scan done, heart scan booked for Monday but the fear and the “struggle between the ears” is huge...
As the title says a thank you to the people who dedicate their time to posting info on this forum. I was diagnoses with Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma back in March Last PET scan end of August while showing there is still a bit of the mas left there...
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