Lymphoma (Hodgkin and Non-Hodgkin)
Discussion List
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Financial Crisis
I was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma back in January 2001. I was a college student at the time with no medical insurance.....needless to say the first 2 months of my chemotherapy was a financial nightmare because of my lack of insurance. Finally I was able to be put on my mother's insurance plan for the last 2 months of…
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Beta2microglobulin blood test
Can anyone explain at what point of an elevated Beta2 one should be concerned. Mine has gone from 121 to 199(the high should be 185). I don't know what 199 means as opposed to 185. thanks
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nhl and h pylori
Hello everyone, I just wanted to know if any of you were diagnosed with h pylori before being diagnosed with nhl? I was recently diagnosed with h pylori and my doctor thinks that my risk for nhl or stomach cancer is increased because my dad died from cancer and my sister just finished chemo for stage 2 colon cancer. I just…
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Radiation
In 1977 I had radiation treatments for Hodgkins thru out my chest, shoulders and neck area. In January (06) I had open heart surgery to replace a valve that the doctors say that was damaged from the radiation treatments. I have also lost all muscle thru out my shoulders and neck. My neck is very weak and I am having…
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ABVD vs Stanford V for stage II Classical Hodgkins
Hi all, I'm a 44 year old new mom (beautiful 11 mo. old healthy boy), who's also newly diagnosed with Hodgkins Stage II with 1 mild B symptom... very slight sweating at night. I'm due to start treatment this next week but I'm having a terrible time deciding which treatment to go with and I'm terrified of the chemotherapy.…
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Stage IV Hodgkin's
I have just been diagnosed with stage IV Hodgkin's disease (classical type). I have started my ABVD chemo treatments (1 so far out of 12). The PET scan report shows that it is present in: -cervical nodes (posterior, anterior), periclavicular, mediastinal, paratracheal, sub carinal, and axillary nodes. -retroperitoneal…
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Getting my hair back
It has been 4 weeks since my final chemo trmt. When will my hair start to grow, I am getting anxious......