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Hi - I’ve got a clearer diagnosis now of my NHL - diffuse Largs B cell lymphoma. I’m waiting for PET scan results but consultant thinks I’m stage 1 or 2. I’m starting R-CHOP on Thursday and the stand-out thing that is worrying me is the risk of developing...
7 months on & still in limbo. I can't remember where we were when I last posted but my son finally moved up to be close to us middle of May. At our final appt at his previous hospital we were told that next steps would be to repeat PET scan once the steroids...
Hi everyone, my dad was diagnosed with WM last week and is starting chemo (DRC) in a couple of weeks. understandably we're all still processing as a family and I want to do whatever I can do support him. wondered whether anyone has any experience...
Can anyone give any further insight into any relationship between anaemia & lymphoma ? Previous hospital said lymphoma was causing his anaemia needing blood transfusions - today, the new consultant has said that lymphoma does not cause anaemia & it can...
Hi - I’ve just joined this community after receiving a diagnosis of NHL. 2 weeks ago I underwent surgery to repair a spine fracture. There was some ‘abnormal’ tissue and bone around the vertebra which was removed and sent to pathology for analysis. I...
Hi everyone. My story so far is that I had this irritated throat for a couple of months. Maybe longer. Had 2 courses of antibiotics but nothing cleared it. It wasn't painful, it was just there. Although I had this weird looking thing on my tonsil. ...
Hi, I had radiotherapy for non-Hodgkin lymphoma after tonsillectomy in January 2018 and then January 2020 in the right clavicle and right side of throat. I recovered well the first time, it took much longer to recover after the second round of treatment...
Hi, In 2017 a random blood test highlighted a paraprotein that shouldn't be there. That's when I was first introduced to the Haemotology Dept. Spent years on "watch n wait" with 6monthly reviews & blood tests. Then Covid arrived and the "telephone consults...
My wife was diagnosed about 4 weeks ago and has so far had two CHOP chemo sessions.The disease is at stage 4. She was initially told that chemo treatment for this form has a 30-40% chance of success and if not the only other treatment is bone marrow transplant...
Originally I went to the doctors in May of this year with a tender right testicle and pain in the lower right hand side of my back. Doctor thought infection so gave me antibiotics for 10 days. The day after they ran out I was up all night with a pain...
