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About three weeks after my first infusion (Feb 9/10), my ears became plugged. The exact day was March 8 and they've been plugged every day ever since. Not painful at all, but lots of crackling and sounds are muffled. On bad days, I can hear my heartbeat...
Hi everyone I was diagnosed last week and start chemotherapy on Monday. I'm really frightened about any side effects
Hi been diagnosed with non Hodgkin lymphoma not started chemo yet but the past 3 days I’ve had terrible stomachache, it’s the feeling of needing to go to the loo but there’s nothing there. Sorry t be graphic lol is this a symptom or could it just be stress...
Due to the bad reaction that I had to Ritux during my first infusion, I was quite nervous. They planned on slowing down the drip and gave me the ‘rescue meds’ before we even started. They estimated 5-6 hours. Well, I fell asleep after the first hour ...
Hi my name is mummins , I’m new to group. I was diagnosed in February with stage 4 follicular lymphoma. You could have knocked me done with a feather! It’s taken some coming to terms with but I’m not giving up. I’m 62 and was just about to retire. there...
Hi was diagnosed end of January and have been put on watch and wait. I’m finding it difficult at moment to get my head round the fact I have non Hodgkin’s lymphoma and I’m waiting to fight it. Anyone got any tips to help. Thanks
Hello, I have been on watch and wait for 2 years for low grade F L. , only symptom is a few enlarged nodes. Recently, approx. few months, I have been experiencing hot face and body chills (normal temperature) durning day or night. They don’t last long...
Hi everyone, I was diagnosed in December with stage 4 follicular lymphoma, it appeared in my kneck and has spread to 3 areas in my spine, I started chemo on Monday and all has gone well with little side effects or at least what I am experiencing is manageable...
Day One (Wed, Feb 9) - Bendamustine. Put IV in and run all the pre-prep meds - an injection of benedryl, an injection of ativan, and a bag of steroids/pepcid. After that steroid bag ran, they hooked up the Bendamustine. This whole process lasted about...
