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has anyone had a stem cell transplant?
after many rounds of chemo including chop and four rounds of rutuxin i didnt go into complete remission and now the doctors want me to have a stem cell transplant with full body radiation at fred hutchison medical center. i have to live in seattle in an apartment for up to three months after the initial hospital stay (3…
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23yr old Hodgkins and happy to help
Hi Everyone, my name is Katie. I was diagnosed with Hodgkins disease last year at 22yrs old, right after graduating from college. I was stage 2B, and had a large mediastinal mass that qualified for bulky disease. I was given 12 ABVD treatments and 4 weeks of radiation therapy and just finished treatment last week (Yay!). I…
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12 Years in Remission
I was diagnosed in 1988 with Stage 4B Hodgkins Disease that had spread to just about everywhere in my body including my bone marrow. I went through 3 MOPP and 9 ABVD treatments of Chemotherapy. It took 18 months to complete all the treatments because of the normal low blood counts and I had shingles and a bad reaction to…
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I'm 17 with Hodgkins
Hi- I'm Erin, and I have hodgkins. I've had it for about 5 months now, and am very eager to talk to others with Hodgkins. I've had a rather rough time with chemo, and wouldn't mind taling to some people who truly understand what I'm going through. If you's like to talk, send me an e-mail or reply. Thanx! -Erin
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In remission as of May 11, 2002
Hi, my name is Michele, 31 years of age, mother of a 22 month old boy, and I had non-hodgkins lymphoma, stage 1, diagnosed in November 2000. I had three chemotherapy treatments (CHOP) and 20 treatments of radiation. Before this all happened, I was a pretty healthy person, except when I returned home from my honeymoon in…
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1 year in Remission
I just had my 1 year check up yesterday, and everything looks good. I will know more about the bloodwork in 1 week. I really feel like its going to be alright, because I feel great!
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Survivor of NHL
Doctor said that I was terminal but its been 4 1/2 years and I am now in remission.! Don't give up hope. I'd love to hear from anyone going to their own trial and tribulations. My treatments consisted of CHOP (8 cycles), Dice (4 cycles), Rituxan (8 treatments), and several other combinations of drugs.
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Need Non-Hodgkin's Survivors
I was diagnosed with Stage IVA follicular large/small cell NHL which JUST started to spread to my intestines when we found it. I just finished chemo (CHOP & Rituxan) and have some MRIs next week and a trip to the doc on Thurs. There may be radiation involved, I'm not sure. I'll find out Thurs. I need info from NHL…
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neupogen
I tried taking a shot, and then two hours after its administration I passed out and fell down the stairs. There is a twenty minute period in which my mother told me that I was awake and talking afterward, but I have no recollection of that time. It's very rare, but you can have weird side effects from neupogen.
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Neup - no problem
Hi, Thanks to everyone who gave me input and advice, especially about neupogen. I tried it again this week and have had no problems. My onc isn't sure why I had a bad experience the first time I took it, but I'm fine now, so on with the show!