Hi All, I Have A Question Regarding Diet. Has Anyone Changed Their Diet From What They Were Eating Before? And What Did You Eliminate?
I made a few changes, stopped canned food, no fast food, cut the starches. Chicken is my only fried food occasionally. Started watching my super foods like broccoli, almonds, avocados, look it up for… read more
What Are My Chances For 5 And 10 Year Survival From Lymphoma.
Marginal node BCell lymphoma stage 3. Treat with Rituximab and bendamuustine. Had 1 treatment last month and my underarm lump is shrunk..
Other Side Treatments For NHL Or HL?
Has anyone tried other treatments like Homeopathy and aurvedha or any other herbal remedies to
1) Reduce effects of CHEMO - brain fog/ tiredness/ not able to sleep
2) To avoid recurrance of NHL ?
3) What food to avoid is drinking alchohol to somelevel ok?
PallaviPallaviJoshi
Hi! I have not tried any type of homeopathic ways. But I'm sure with a combination of it all it wouldn't hurt, it might help. But I would always OK this with your oncologist. I… read more
Does Your Port Feel Alien
I’ve only had mine for a couple of months and I don’t even think about it. It’s very much appreciated on treatment days !
Surgery And Lymphoma
I’ve had non-Hodgkin s since 2017 and might need a hysterectomy . Has anyone here had surgery since their diagnosis
Yes I had 11 surgeries in the first two yrs following chemo
What Aspects Of Lymphoma Are You Grateful For And Worried About Lately?
Wonderful question! I am grateful I am alive! And reasonably pain free and active. Grateful I can see and hear and feel and speak
Rituximab Is It Tough Will Be Starting This Treatment
My first treatment last month wasn’t pleasant. It felt like chemo exorcism . Bad headache, nausea extreme fatigue and weird feeling in the body. Sleepless nites . After the first week energy felt… read more
My Hubby (DLBCL) Is In The Middle Of RCHOP But Now Needs His Gallbladder Out. How Bad Is It To Pause Chemo After Two Rounds?
I Stopped chemo because I could not handle it after two rounds. Ask the Doctor, I’m sure hubby will be gone though. There’s all kinds of things they can do today.
Can DLBCL Cause Cataracts
Not sure but just had my cataracts taken off in August and done had all my chemo and radation
Hair Falling Out
When your hair started falling out how did you deal with it? Did you just let it fall out naturally or did you take some clipper and cut it off? I don't know what to do it's falling out in clumps which I find kind of gross. I want to just use clippers but I don't want to hurt any regrowth process . Ideas?
It was devastating to loose my hair. I think this was when I came to terms Yeah I have cancer, cancer doesn't have me. I took ownership and had my head shaved that night. My terms. No I was not… read more