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Hi. Just joined and not very au fait with social media posting so bear with me! My Dad was diagnosed with neck cancer last week and told he was to have radiotherapy. At 93!! So we went through all that lay ahead and then 4 days later they rang me to...
My wife was diagnosed with nhl last month and just had her second chemo session two days ago. Woke up during the night feeling really nauseous and remains that way this afternoon. She took anti nausea med this morning and has slept most of the day. Her...
Hi. I’m newly diagnosed BC and start RChop on Thursday. 6 sessions.
So mum was at ucl today, we still do not have a diagnosis . It's definitely t cell , but they don't know which. The pathologist is scratching his head . They've said they hope to know by next Thursday. In the meantime monday she has a lumbar puncture...
Hello All (and hello again Highlander.) My diagnosis was the result of an accidental finding while they were digging for what they thought was a completely different cancer. Pathology report identified it as a low grade lymphoma and at first they thought...
My mum was diagnosed with AITL about 3 years before she passed ( just before xmas) and also developed AML in the last few months. The grief is awful and I'm also safe in the knowledge that I'm likely to develop AITL too. I don't really know what I'm...
So my mum started her lymphoma journey in January . Although we think symptoms may have started the February of 2021. We found out 3 weeks ago she has lymphoma and yesterday found out it was either one of two. They are reanalysising her biopsy to be...
My brother has NHL. He has had his first chemo. I’m not sure he has fully got a grip of this.
So apparently I'm one of the 2 or 3 people out of 100 who has had a low grade lymphoma 'transform' into a high grade NHL. I am currently being treated with 3 cycles of R CHOP chemo then will have 15 radiotherapy treatments. I've got a high grade marginal...
Hello everyone, I had my second R-Chop (Chemo & Immunotherapy) a week ago. 33% done. The tumour is shrinking and I’m due to have another PET/CT Scan Friday to see how things are going. They thought that they saw something on my kidney but it did not show...
