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High Dosed Therapy... (for Allo Man)
Sorry for these abbreviations... my doctors uses them while talking with foreign students at my Clinic (it is university Clinic) so I am used to them. CBV is a kind of chemio mix: cyclophosphamide, carmustine (BCNU) and etoposide (VP-16) just like BEAM (composed with BCNU, VP-16, cytosine arabinoside and melphalan) that is…
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Anybody after CBV HDT followed by autoSCT?
I am just two weaks after last line of chemiotherapy and they want to make HDC and auto SCT as soon as my WBC will grow i.e. in the beginnig of next week probably (now it starts to go down slightly). Unfortunatelly tumour is located on Th11-Th12 of spinal column and it is what they call early relapse. Is it very strong to…
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just started ABVD
Im 23 and was just diagnosed with stage 2A HD and just had my second ABVD treatment on Friday. I was supposed to have it on Tuesday but my WBC count was too low. On Friday it was better but still not high enough so I only got 80% of my dose and then a shot of something on Saturday to help bring my count up. Is this…
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Scholarship
I was wondering if there were any scholarships for Lymphoma survivors that I could apply for, for college?
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HD Support
Hello, I'm 33 and I was diagnosed in June of this year with HD Stage II. I'm coming up on chemo #9 (out of 12) next week. I'd like to chat with other HD survivors/folks that are going through the same thing. I have a great/supportive husband and a beautiful 3 yr old daughter. But I am starting to feel like no one truly…
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Medical Insurance after remission
I have a miracle son who was in stage IV at the age of nine and now has been in remission for 13 years and will be graduating from college. I have been fortunate enough to keep him on my medical insurance, but now I am scared because he will have to come off mine since he will have completed his higher learning. I told him…
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Fear of recurrence
Hi everyone, I'm new to this so please bear with me. I'm 23 and a 2 year survivor of Hodgkin's. I've recently become more and more fearful of a recurrence. Intellectually it seems counterintuitive to be more scared the further out from the cancer I get, but yet this fear seems to be growing. I guess part of it is the…
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Tumor on Ovary?
I was diagnosed with NHL in October 2001. They found it the day that I had my daughter (C-Section). I had 6 rounds of CHOP chemo and Rituxan, and I have been in remission since. I was wondering if anyone else has had a tumor on their ovary? My doctor said it was very rare.
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shirts
does anyone know of any places where i can get a cancer survivor shirt
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Alternative Medicine Documentary
PBS is airing a Frontline documentary on alternative medicine tonight (11/6). Consult your local TV listings for times. Check out their website at: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/altmed/ . No, I'm not a PBS employee, but I do like their shows.
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my sister was diagnosed with hodgkins
hey there my sister was diagnosed with hodgkins they think first stage. she has to go for a pet scan bone marrow check lung test ekg and has to have a catheter she is 20 years old and real scared we all are so she is looking for support... and so am I she has 6 cycles of abvd no radiation yet her email is…
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HLA Testing for allogeneic BMT
Looking for information on how a son in UTAH can have FREE HLA testing to see if his bone marrow matches father for a Transplant. Or does anyone know if medical insurance will pay for this. Father has Kaiser Permanente, not sure of son's insurance carrier. Has anyone had any experience in this area. In California there are…
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WHEN CAN I HAVE BABIES?
I'VE HAD CHEMO-THE REALLY NASTY 4 DRUGS IN ONE KIND- TWICE A MONTH FOR SIX MONTHS. THAN I HAD 35 RADIATION TREATMENTS. I ALSO HAD A STEM CELL HARVEST. THE CHEMO,RADIATION,AND HARVEST ALL TOOK PLACE WITH IN THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF. MY LAST CHEMO DOSE WAS 5 MONTHS AGO. TODAY I FOUND OUT I'M PREGANT. I'M TERRIFED. I DIDN'T…