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Just joined. Was diagnosed with Waldenstroms Macroglibuininemia earlier this year undergone bone marrow biopsy, plasma exchange and 4 cycles of chemo Is there anyone else with this rare form of cancer?
I just started my clinical trial last week called PeTREA and would be interested to know if anyone else out there may be on the same or similar trial. It is basically rituximab chemo and bendamustine. I found it was pretty aggressive after the 2nd cycle...
Hi. Unsure what to say really as didn't expect diagnosis. Had been an inpatient and had initial chemo R-chop. 2nd cycle 30th December. Whole situation surreal..
Hi, ok first day over the appointment was for RCEOP 1 st cycle (81 Red 1 T Red, no idea what that means but first day went well. Problem I had is with my diabetes with all the drips and everything else that was going on I forgot about taking my glucose...
Just being diagnosed with Non=Hodgkin Lymphoma, this after 20 years of Heart problems has been traumatic, so I have joined this group. I was diagnosed with stage 4 but only just had the pet scan yesterday so don’t know the spread yet and still coming...
So I’ve been diagnosed with low grade B cell, Marginal , Stage 1/2 and confined to my lung. Anyone else have this type
Hi, I'm Karen, just registered today. Worried about my brother who got his test results back today. Stage 4 low risk lymphoma?? How is stage 4 low risk? Anyway, starts chemo next week. He doesn't want to tell our elderly parents as he's worried about...
Hiya , I'm new to the group , I'm hoping to find someone out there that had the same diagnoses as myself,and hopefully share our cancer journey ,
Just joined the group wanted to say hi
Hello! My husband is currently on his 3rd cycle of R Chop, I've just had a letter from my children's school to say they will be giving flu nasal vaccine. They've always had it, however I'm slightly worried as it's a live vaccine and I'm worried they...
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