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DLBCL with liver cirrhosis
1. I am not a cancer patient but a son of one looking for support and to hear stories from other patients. My mom(65 years old) was diagnosed with diffused large B cell lymphoma(DLBCL, left upper arm) a month ago. DLBCL was discovered during liver transplantation preparation due to liver cirrhosis. So, liver…
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Lymphoma relapse
Plasmablastic lymphoma. Can velcade put it into remission?
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methotrexate
Good morning everyone! I hope you all had a good Christmas. I am posting to hopefully get some feedback from people who have had methotrexate infusions. Mom is about to complete her final round of chemo, which will be followed by methotrexate. Doctor says they will give it to her through her port not spine, which makes me…
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R-CHOP chemo and the after effects
Hello all and I am new here!! I was diagnosed summer 2015 with Diffuse Large B- Cell Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. Bone-based. I had 6 rounds of R-CHOP chemo and finished my last session in December 2015. I feel I sailed through the chemo and was cleared in January 2016, and April 2016. And still in clinical remission. I am…
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How long for a diagnosis?
Hi, I've been a member of this group for a few months since i started my evaulation process for a swollen neck lymph node (submandibular) on the left side. I've had blood work, so much blood work, every time its perfect. The only real symptom I have are night sweats. I've had a bone marrow biopsy, nothing in the bone…
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So confused and scared
I am about 6 months out from gastric sleeve surgery for weight loss. Since then I have been having dull abdominal achiness off and on and feeling mildly bloated in my abdomen. Initially I thought it was constipation then I thought maybe I was just pre-menstrual. One day while lying flat on back I was rubbing across the top…
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Cancer is never your friend
Having a diagnosis of cancer can be frightening. A person can be confused or misguided by the plethora of opinions, information and outright lies out there. My opinion is that cancer is an enemy to be defeated. Its that simple. Cancer is never your friend and wants to kill you. Never forget that. Never give cancer an even…
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Is Memory Loss a symptom of R-EPOCH?
My fiancée was diagnosed with stage 3 Diffused Large B Cell Lymphoma. He just completed round 2 of R-EPOCH. I'm concerned that he's is experiencing memory loss and could get hurt. At times he completely forgets where he is at or he losses his train of thought in mid sentence. He's very fatigued and is almost always curled…
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more good news
We got back from Houston a week ago and just wanted to tell you that Bill is still in remission, His report is NED. At our local cancer center when he reached remission the first time, they called him the Miracle Man, after geting on Ibrutinib he was called the Million Dollar Man, now they are just calling him Ned . Anyway…
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Duvelisib Drug Trial for Refractory T-Cell Lymphomas
Just thought I would post that my husband started a Phase II Drug Trial yesterday to treat his refractory PTCL-NOS. The Protocol TItle is Phase II Trial of Duvelisib in Combination with Either Romidepsin or Bortezombid in Relapsed/Refractory T-Cell Lymphomas. My husband was diagnosed with prostate cancer in April 2016. The…
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Checking in
Hi everyone, I’m new here but without a diagnosis yet. I go for an excisional biopsy of an enlarged axillary lymph node on Monday. The thing is 5.2 x 1.8 x 1.6 cm. Weird shape. At present, they are thinking lymphoma. No terrible symptoms except for vague chest wall/rib cage pain that wraps around to my back plus pretty bad…
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Mom's relapse
hi, my mom's relapsed already since her bone marrow transplant last year. Follicular/malt/tcell. Looking to connect with others as we approach the next phase. She is my best friend, and in good spirits. I worry she is fatigued and a little confused already. She's having a little radiation and then "we'll see". She is in…
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chronic pericarditis 8 years s/p chemo radiation.
I am a 37 year old female, with hx of Hodgkins dx in 2005. I received radiation to mediastinum and chemotherapy ABVD regimen (Doxorubicin, bleomycin, vinblastine, and dacarbazine). I started having tightness in my chest, and shortness of breath on exertion around year 8 post treatment. I was sent to the cardiologist from…
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Constipation,bloating
anyone expierence constipation and stomah bloating during and after chemo for abvd chemo?
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Discontinued maintenance therapy today
I have FL transformed to large diffuse b-cell lymphoma (stage 1; please note a 19cm tumor around my kidney cutting off function). I completed 6 rounds of R-CHOP, 6/16 through 9/16, followed by 1 year of maintenance rituxan. I have had continued low immunity despite otherwise good quality of life. Last month, I suddenly…
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SUV number of PET Scan
This is my first post here. I was diagnosed Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma (DLBCL) Primary non-Hodgkin of Liver Stage 4 in May 2017. I only had weeks to live, but I complete 6 rounds chemotherapy of Epoch. I feel much better now. I took PET Scan (this is my third PET Scan) after the last chemo - six weeks later. All the…
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Update
Well my daughter's had her 4th round of chemo. Wipes her outb but so far so good. Her WBC are beginning to drop some but they said she's still within range that they don't have to lower any doses. She just shaved her hair off cause it was falling out. Being 24 she didn't take that well. We all told her it'll grow back. She…