About my Illness:
Last update 13th of September 2008.
My name is Mark, I was diagnosed with Follicular Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma stage 3 B Cell , After feeling a large lump in my lower stomach area when I was loosing weight but not loosing the stomach I had a CT scan on the 9th of October 2007 and it showed one large Tumor 23cm-19cm plus several others much smaller, then two weeks after that I had a Biopsy operation under one armpit ,it showed nothing to verify so two weeks after I had another biopsy operation in the lower stomach area then that confirmed the Cancer of the lymph nodes.
Two weeks after spending ten days in hospital I was started on treatment the Doctors called R chop.
I had 4 sessions of R chop 3 sessions of R Give and had 2 cycles of methotrexate and Cytarabine in May ,due to insignificant shrinkage of lymp nodes.
I then had 25 blasts of radio therapy to the abdomin first starting on the 9th july 2008 5 days a week for 4 weeks.
I had My 4th Pet scan 5th September in resulting there are still showings of hot spots in the abdomin area
I just Had some radioisatopes Zevalin in a hope to crunch this cancer for good this time, administered on the 12th September 2008.
I am on the countdown to the Autologous Transplant due to commence on the day 1 as the 25th September 2008
Some Pictures of my Journey
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Me-Now
Next Hospital admition: Due in around 20th September for Chemo then start the Transplant of my Cells 25th September 2008
So In Summary: I have lots of on again off again tiredness ,mild stomach cramps, mild sick in the stomach ,mild headache.
Very nervous about the transplant and with this Zevalin inside me.
Web Site: Me creating this web site to help others find there creative side ,well this has helped me cope with what I have and take my mind of things to come.
Talk with others:
I communicate with other people with blood disorders on the lakeamia website forum called The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society BBS ,its a very helpfull website the people there are opened to all questions you have about your ilnness and they are very kind and caring ,they help make your treatment a liitle easyer to cope with during your hard time as they know some of the feelings you go through.
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LIVING life with Cancer.
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