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After failing to get clear for SCT at the last hurdle and the cancer taking over with no effective treatments left on offer I have been given a prognosis of weeks to months to live. I don’t really know what the means for me in terms of a timeline or what...
Hi! My mom has leukaemia. She got diagnosed 4 months back. She has Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. Her chemotherapy is going on. We are supposed to start the consolidation phase of the chemotherapy from this week. But she keeps getting this fever 101 and...
Hello, I am currently so terrified. My father has been ill for the past month. Chronic fatigue to the point he’s sleeping all day, low appetite, urinating a lot, blood and protein in his urine, night sweats and a new rash on his inner leg. He went...
Hi all. My dad (74 yo) was diagnosed with Acute Leukaemia about a month ago and is now in hospital receiving low intensity chemotherapy with Azacitidine & Venetoclax. Originally he was given a working diagnosis of Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (AML), but...
Hi there, my great auntie had leukaemia for around 18 months. I went to see her in hospital in her final moments. I don’t know what type she had but she had to have blood transfusions and platelets
I have just been diagnosed with bpdcn cancer. I am 82 and because of my age will not be offered chemotherapy. At the moment I feel well apart from a bit of tiredness and wondered if anyone had the same diagnosis. It would be helpful to hear from somebody...
I have received a letter from Haematology Dept , I am diagnosed with Monoclonal B-Cell lymphocytosis I have absolutely no uderstanding of the following and wondered if anyone can explain ? - Haemoglobin 126, white cell count 12.5, platelets 282...
I am almost 5 years in remission following a bone marrow transplant. I am slowly getting some form of normality back in my life. I have had a few holidays within the UK and Europe. I am now looking at a Caribbean Cruise but so far i have been unable to...
Hi, I was diagnosed with APL at the end of December 2020 and after 10 months of treatment am currently in remission and feeling so much better than I was. I'm 65, so, I think, quite a bit older than most people diagnosed with this rare form of leukaemia...
I've been on a very long journey. First started to feel sick and have pain about 4 years ago in late 2019. My bloods have been abnormal the whole time and in September 2020 Haematology wrote to my GP confirming mild neutrophilia and monoclonal lymphocytosis...
