dunno if it's of any comfort but depending on your health and stuf you can loose quite a lot of liver (up to 2/3) and you wont die of losing a few lymph-nodes either. So you is not quite dead yet.
Only tip i can give you is to contact a (good) patient group (like armstrong's livestrong) They can help you on the motivation part.
Anyways although i'm not religious or sommut, It won't stop me praying for you
I'm sorry to hear it Teriba.
A different family member has had to go through chemo nearly every year for the last couple of years, and thankfully all came out of it completely, even when they were told there wasnt a hope.
So dont give up just yet.
Theres like a .1% chance that you remember me. But I've been on this forum since 2003. I still havn't revived my old account, because its not like I post much.
I really hope you make a recovery, and I wish you the best of luck.
(If theres anything greater than "best" then please tell". Ultra mega super nova extreme hardcore luck? )
Best of luck. The good news is that Hodgkin's has a high remission rate and treatment rate. But I'm sure it's still no party to live with.
Hope you get well quickly.
Out of curiosity, do you know what specific type of lymphoma it is? And what treatments are you undergoing?
I had large B cell non-hodgkins lymphoma. It's one of the more aggressive types, but I came out ok. Take it from me, it's not nearly as bad as you might think it is when going through the treatment.
Even though I'm 3 and a half years out of treatment I still get those damn scans. They can be so boring.
Also for those that don't know, they don't remove this type of cancer with a knife, it's all done through chemo and radiation (sometimes no radiation at all). This is a very curable cancer now days, but about 10 years back it was one of the most deadly (both hodgkins and non-hodgkins types). My oncologist told me that the hodgkins treatments can be a little more easy to go through for most people. Hope that it's true for you.
gutted mate
chin up tho, you will be fine no doubt
Where were you when the West was defeated?
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teriba wrote:Thanks so much everybody. It's Stage 4 nodular sclerosing Hodgkins lymphoma. Seems like there is about an 80% survival rate, so that's not too bad.
Sounds like the chances they gave me. Much to Q3W's dissapointement I'm still here.
teriba wrote:Thanks so much everybody. It's Stage 4 nodular sclerosing Hodgkins lymphoma. Seems like there is about an 80% survival rate, so that's not too bad.
Not too bad? Good thing you look at it with a "glass half full" mentality then. I would freak.
That sucks, man. Cancer is one of my biggest fears, it scares me absolutely shitless. You seem to be handling it well though. Good luck - I hope you get through it.
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