Has anyone suffered from Lymphoma?

How where you diagnosed and what was the treatment? What is your prognosis now? Thank you to anyone who answere. My cousin is in the process of diagnosis and she is really scared. I would like any input so that I can try to support her through this.

Has anyone suffered from Lymphoma?
NO
Reply:I AM IN 4TH STAGE BI LATEREL BREAST CANCER N HAD ALL BUT 4 LYMPH NODES REMOVED I WILL KEEP HER IN PRAYER N GOOD LUCK .STAY CLOSE TO HER
Reply:If they have not said yes it is lymphoma there is a silver lining. 2 years ago my boyfriend was seen in the ER and they said he needed a biopsy for lymphoma. they has us all scared to death over Christmas (they couldn't do the biopsy until 2 days after). It turned out to be sarcoidosis ( not sure on the spelling) which carries all the symptoms of lymphoma but it goes away on it;s own for most people. Sarcoid is prominent in African American woman but that doesn't mean anything considering my boyfriend is a white male. If is it Lymphoma and is caught early it can be controlled and in cases not life threatening (especially in younger healthier cases). Good luck and my prayers are with u and ur family
Reply:Yes had Hodgkin's Lymphoma, the diagnosis took week , PET scans biopsies bloods etc, In the end was diagnosed by a panel of doctors. Don't worry as the doctor said to me if you have got cancer Lymphoma is one of the best ones to have, because the survival rate is extremely high if not the highest and the cure rate (five years remission) is good too and Even if it did come back after the first treatment there were different ones they could try. It was the first cancer to be cured too.


Treatment was eight months of ABVD chemotherapy through a central line (one treatment every fortnight). I was then re scanned and found to be OK and still that way nine months after that. I managed to work through the treatment and my hair went thin but did not all fall out.


There are many kinds of Lymphoma and they are all different .


Try this web site


http://www.lymphoma.org.uk/


It may help. Best of luck. My thoughts are with you.
Reply:I am my sisters advocate. She was diagnosed last April with Non Hodgkins Follicular Lymphoma. She was told that it is a non curable form of cancer, but that it is "treatable". Her recommended treatment was to go into a clinical trail with a combination of Chemo therapy, and Bexxar radiation treatment at the end of the 6 chemo treatments. This was last year. As of January of this year, the doctors have found no trace of the disease-even in her bonemarrow.

flower