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Hi My husband went from going to MG on 2nd February, to diagnosis of WL (after multiple blood tests, a CT scan, bone marrow aspiration and bone marrow biopsy) on 20th February. On 21st he began Chemo and Immunotherapy and blood transfusions. He's just...
Hi all, I’ve just joined this group and I am days away from beginning my chemotherapy. It’s been a stressful few months leading up to diagnosis and staging but I feel very lucky to have been told I am at stage 1 and have just one small tumour. My two...
We were initially shocked, then accepting and optimistic but now we just want to run away. I know nothing and everything is normal when you have cancer, but it’s like grieving, there is no escape.
Hi all my name is Nikki and I have just been diagnosed with NMZ lymphoma.I will not be having treatment as they have told me they will watch and wait I’m feeling very anxious and just wondering if anybody else has been diagnosed with this and can give...
Hi everyone please help me understand this cancer .my mum was diagnosed with diffuse large b cells lymphoma after a pet scan came back they said it was also in her bones and brain she would now need a very strong chemo where she has to stay in hospital...
Hello all i was diagnosed with NHL about 7 years ago and have been on watch and wait since. However i suffered from a blood vessel occlusion in my left eye recently (which has been satisfactorily resolved) and the doctor’s opinion is that it was a result...
Further to my previous post 2 or 3 weeks ago, we have had our 1st appt with consultant now & PET scan. Consultant told us blood tests & CT did indicate malignancy & said bone marrow was involved. She also stated that due to the mistakes & delays in diagnosis...
Hi everyone m, I feel like I’m going crazy! After I popped into the pharmacy for some moisturising cream for what I assumed was eczema the pharmacist looked at my rash and told me to go to the doctor and get referred to a dermatologist, she was very...
Hello everyone, I appreciate this is very sensitive and I have not been diagnosed with cancer but I really need some help and support. 9 months ago I had an itchy, patchy, scaly rash that wouldn’t go away. I have always had eczema but this was different...
I have been diagnosed with Post Transplant Lymphoma Disease. I have had lymphoma cancer since 2021. I have gone through R - Chop Chemo Therapy. I have also had Radiotherapy in 2022. When my Cancer came back. I am now waiting for my second Chemo Therapy...
