About my Illness:
Last update 5th ofJuly .
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 but now having 3 sessions of R Give and just recently had 2 cycles of methotrexate and Cytarabine in May ,due to insignificant shrinkage of lymp nodes.
Now waiting to have a pet scan to see the result.
after scan results still showing 3 hotspots of cancer still there .
I will now be having radio therapy first starting on the 9th july 2008 5 days a week for 3 weeks.
Then after that I will be having a Bone Marrow Transplant
So In Summary: I have lots of on again off again tiredness with some joint pains ,mild stomach cramps and mild constipation, very sick in the stomach.
Last Hospital admition:25th of May 2008
I just had to cycles of a high dose of a mixture of Methotrexate and Cytarabine.
They made me very sick with a few longer lasting side affects.
Other then that I am doing very well at the moment.
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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