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Hi i am am new to this website and forum and wondered if anyone could share their experiences with me. I am male, 68 years of age and was diagnosed 4 years ago with Non Hodgekins follicular lymphoma. It all started off with a cough, drenching night...
Hi, just wondering if anyone has had the Flyer protocol, so 4 R-CHOP followed by 2 cycles of just Rituximab? Have agreed with my consultant today to go for this, so tomorrow will be my 4th and final cycle of full chemo. Wondering how the side effects...
Hi there, I was diagnosed with high grade non-hodgkins lymphoma last year and went through R-Chop and methotrexate chemotherapy and radiotherapy. (and lots of hospital stays) I've been in remission over a year but since the start of this year have had...
My daughter who is 21 has just been diagnosed with this and she has been looking for a diagnosis for over 3 years. It started when she was about 17/18. She has been diagnosed with low grade lymphoma. Has anyone got any advice please on what this means...
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Hi All, I finished chemo in March and had a course of radiotherapy that finished in June. Over the last few months I've been suffering with very painful joints and muscles with electric shock type pain s in my arms. I also have locking fingers and now...
I was prescribed a drug called Ibrutinib about 4/5 years ago and I've found it has helped tremendously, recently I had a serious chest infection and was prescribed antibiotics and steroids called Prednisolone by my practice nurse, after taking these for...
I'm Virginia, hello! I have Stage 4 DLBCL that has spread to my right leg and completly destroyed 4 inches of tibia. Very aggressive little DLBCL blighter! I'm keen to hear if anyone else here has had that type of metastasis? Thank you so much for...
Hello, I was diagnosed with non hodgkins lyphoma high grade and have currently finished my 3rd cycle however I am experiencing really bad diarrhea after each cycle I am currently taking anti diarrhea with no improvements also I have a colostomy so I'm...
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