Lymphoma???? My god daughter has it and she passed out this week...?

What is happening when a cancer patient is passing out???? I don't know anyone I can ask. Her family took her to a University Hospital 100 miles away. So I can't talk to them right now...

Lymphoma???? My god daughter has it and she passed out this week...?
Well the chemo drugs are really harsh too. They can wipe out your white blood cells, lower your platelets and so many other things. Usually about 10 days after your chemo is when your levels are at the lowest. The longer you are on chemo the more likely you will hit these low levels. Many people need blood transfusions or more specifically platelets and white blood cells. They usually give a steroid drug like Prednisone to super-boost the white blood cells so that when the chemo sets in, it doesn't knock them right down to nothing.





Poor kid probably hit those low levels and therefore passed out. They monitored my son's blood every week (the finger poke!) while on chemo. Luckily he faired through it all pretty well and only needed 3 chemos. I thank God that it was caught early, it was the shortest treatment protocol there was and I hope it's gone for good now as he is cancer free. He had non-hodgkins lymphoma, so I hope your god-daughter will be fine too when it's all said and done.
Reply:Yeah, it's heartbreaking I know. You're a good person to care and worry so much. Hang in there...it's so frightening I know to see them so debilitated but children are so resiliant. You watch and see. Report It

Reply:my mom has lymphoma :( she had alot happen to her but shes better now
Reply:Important to find out whether or not it is non-hodgkins lymphoma and research it. It is very difficult - sometimes things turn out okay and sometimes the prognosis is not very good. A lot depends on how quickly they were able to diagnose it.


Will keep here in my prayers.
Reply:Hi I am a lymphoma patient I have stage 4 grade 1 . I have past out before and it didn't have any thing to do with my cancer but I know some have because there blood count was down, if you want to read up on it I put the web site at the bottom of the page for you.





Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is cancer that originates in your lymphatic system, the disease-fighting network spread throughout your body. In non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, tumors develop from white blood cells (lymphocytes). These tumors can occur at different locations in your body. There are more than 30 types of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.





Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is more than seven times as common as the other general type of lymphoma — Hodgkin's disease. Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma has been one of the most rapidly increasing types of cancer in the United States, having more than doubled in incidence since the 1970s.





The good news is that although the incidence has increased, so has the survival rate. As with other cancers, the earlier you receive a diagnosis, the greater your chance for a successful treatment of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
Reply:here are some links for lymphoma for you to read..





Child lymphoma


http://www.childrenshospital.org/az/Site... (Epstein Barr lymphoma)


http://www.childrenshospital.org/az/Site... (large cell lymphoma)


http://www.childrenshospital.org/az/Site... (Burkitt’s lymphoma)


http://www.childrenshospital.org/az/Site... (lymphoblastic lymphoma)


http://www.pmac.net/lymphoma_risk.html (pesticides linked to )


http://www.childrenshospital.org/az/Site... (hodgkins)


http://www.chop.edu/consumer/jsp/divisio... (hodgkins)


http://www.chp.edu/greystone/oncology/ho... (hodgkins)


http://www.childrenshospital.org/clinica... (non-hodgkin’s)


http://www.chop.edu/consumer/jsp/divisio... (non-hodgkins)


http://www.chp.edu/greystone/oncology/nh... (non-hodgkins)





children general


http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/facts...


http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/young...


http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/CRI_2_...








Adult general


http://www.leukemia-lymphoma.org/all_pag...








Adult Hodgkins


http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/conten...


http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/CRI_2_...


http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types...


http://www.leukemia-lymphoma.org/all_pag...


http://www.leukemia-lymphoma.org/all_pag...


http://www.nci.nih.gov/cancertopics/type...





Adult Non-Hodgkins


http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/conten...


http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/CRI_2_...


http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types...


http://www.leukemia-lymphoma.org/all_pag...


http://www.leukemia-lymphoma.org/all_pag...


http://www.nci.nih.gov/cancertopics/wynt...