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Hi there I'm new to this group. My father has been diagnosed with low grade non hodgkin's lymphoma and just started treatment today as in chemo I really don't understand this cancer and I'm trying to read his pack but there is so much to take in. Could...
Hi, new here! Not sure what I want to say or what I’m hoping for but my boyfriend was recently diagnosed with Hepatosplenic T-cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma. A very rare type of Lymphoma and he is currently waiting for a stem cell transplant. I’m 28 years...
Hi, I've had 6 rounds of r chop and 1 cycle of methotrexate. Just wondering if anyone felt well enough to go to the gym to tone up. I just want to feel normal again even though I have no hair.
Hiya, not sure if this is the place i should be asking this but my nana has been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin Lymphoma. She had a lump in her neck around 2/3 weeks ago and just forgot about it because it was so small however she noticed it again yesterday...
Hi all, My wife received her diagnosis of high-grade NHL today. It's what we were expecting but it did come as a bit of a shock all the same. She's not a native Brit and has gone back to her home country to have a second biopsy and start treatment....
New to this although unfortunately not new to the whole cancer situation. My husband lost his mum and brother both to cancer 3 weeks apart just before covid. Now here we are facing it again this time with him and I'm absolutely scared stiff he was diagnosed...
Hi guys A few weeks ago my consultant confirmed that I'm in a relapse ! I will now have a 6 months course of treatment, Rituximab and Bendamustine over two days every 28 days. I'm now waiting on my clinic appointments dates. I guess I would like to...
I've just completed 18 weeks of #chemotherapy for non-hodgkins #lymphoma . If there is anyone out there just starting out on this and needing a listening ear, then don't feel afraid to ask for my help. I am currently awaiting my scans to see how it has...
Hi, I was diagnosed with sjogrens nearly five years ago after years of my bloods showing weird antibodies. Since then I've had yearly scans of my salivary glands via my dental consultant and had a biopsy pre covid on a lump which turned out to be nothing...
Hi everyone, this is my 1st comment on here as I didn't know what to say or how to ask for support. I'm not entirely new to having cancer as I suffered stage 3 bowel cancer in 2011 which required a number of operations and Chemo-Radiotherapy before full...
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