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??? About Rare type Large B Cell NHL...
Brother (late 30') has diagnosis of Large B Cell NHL, however, oncologist says he doesn't need rituxin as his CD20 test came back negative....given rituxin is fairly standard, we are concerned, but doc says he doesn't need it...however, he does have rare type where the cancer cells are dervied from a "plasma cystic…
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low grade lymphoma
Hi all i am new my husband was just dianogised with this and i was wonder if any of you knew of a web site that a man i don't know if he is a doctor or not the doctor told us about it she said he has a lot of info on this type of cancer she could not remember his last name first is thomas maybe last loughlin??? any help…
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new diagnosis of large b cell
my brother (age 36) was recently diagnosed with large b cell....aggressive....he had a tumor removed from his brain last week which the surgeon originally thought was benign....the pathology proved the mailignancy and therefore the diagnosis. This friday, he starts Ritux/CHOP combo and will take methatrexate thru a spinal…
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Pursuing new career
Hi All. A young man that is part of my community is battling hodgkins. All is going well. Outlook great. While he has been out of work, he has been contemplating pursuing a hobby and making it a career - mechanics. He is a HS dropout. I have been encouraging him to get his ged, and to then maybe pursue some technical…
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thanks for all your support
I want to thank everyone for all there caring, loving, encouraging support. Words cannot express my feelings to everyone who replied to my questions and worries. Believe it or not, this site has helped me cope so much better with my dads cancer. I educated myself alot about Hodgkins, which also helped. I was always telling…
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Weight Gain after ABVD
I know alot of people gain weight during chemo. I didn't. However, I haven't had treatment for 4 months and these past couple of weeks I have been gaining like crazy. Are the steriods just now kicking in or what? When can I expect them to be out of my body?
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Memory Problems/Ginkgo Biloba
Hi I still have alot of problems with my memory after chemo. I have just started taking Ginkgo Biloba which is supposed to help. Has anyone tried this or have any other suggestions for improving memory? Thanks
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To Don Engel re: Cesium therapy
Hello I'm new to this board and I've jsut read your earlier reply (around March?) where you mentioned that you were using high Cesium therapy for B cell lymohoma. I'm wondering how that is coming along as it's something I'm also considering although I'm a little hesitant as I've heard it can cause heart palpitations. Which…
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nausea & metal taste from rads
Hi everyone, My dad is experiencing some mild nausea and a metal taste in mouth from his radiation is this a common side effect. He's only had 3 treatments, his he going to feel worse as he continues his treatments.
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Give me the skinny on radiation treatments!
I have to have 25 treatments to the chest and to one node in my throat. I went in for a nupegen shot and the nurse at the hospital totally went off on radiation and said it will be way worse than chemo and that I will experience really bad esopogus and throat pain and that I won't be able to do much during treatments - Um,…
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dads pet & cat clean
Hi everyone, my dad had 8 completed 4 cycles of ABVD for Stage IIA hodgkins. He is now ready to have 20 radiation treatments starting on Tuesday. We are worried, my dad is having radiation to the mantle field. He had nodes in neck and armpit, why do they have to do the entire chest? We hope he tolerates this well, we are…
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Anger Management
I'm on my 3rd cycle of ABVD (HD dtage IIB) and think I'm coping pretty well - positve attitude, yoga, gym, bit of work, going out with friends - all that, but...I find myself getting into, or feeling like going into temper tantrums and pretty mundane issues. I'm 25 now, but sometimes I get so wrked up I feel like and back…