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NHL-but I thought it was just a sore knee!
by: LS
on Mon, Jul 09 2007
In 2003, I twisted my right knee when tripping over a step. It continued to hurt when I exercised but I just took my Tylenol and went on. Then, in January 2006, after getting up and down from my knees over several hours, my right knee was quite swollen and tender. “Well, I better get this seen, I may need an excuse for work!”
My orthopedist ordered an MRI “Let’s make sure its just a strain” but then he called me that same evening to sat he needed to repeat it, with contrast media, because “it looks like a lymphoma”. Yes, it was. After CT’s, PET’s, bone scans, biopsy and listening to a rather negative surgical onocologist, I met with a wonderfully positive Hemotology/onocologist, and started R-CHOP chemotherapy I had a primary B Cell Lymphoma 6cm large in my distal femur with no apparent involvement anywhere else. It was considered Grade 4, a nasty name in itself. 6 cycles of the poison, 1 month of radiation and every trace of the tumor was gone. A full year of quarterly reevaluations and I’m still clear and I feel great. Each recheck is still scary, until I see my physician’s smile. Each recheck will continue to be scary but all the side effects of chemo and radiation have been worth it. My plan is to belong to the 46% cure rate because I have grandchildren to spoil!
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July 2007
- 4 YEAR SURVIOR - by linda - (Sat, Jul 28 2007)
I was diganosed January 2003 with stage III colon cancer, appoximately 1/3 of my colon was removed, the tumor was on the right and was 2×3 inches. I had 4 colonoscopies with the last being July 2001, I was 51 years old and somehow they never found it or didn’t look far enough since it was near the end of my colon.
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- For my children’s future.. - by Shanda - (Thu, Jul 26 2007)
Now 9 months in remission from stage 1C Ovarian cancer I fight everyday to ensure that I have a chance to be a part of my children’s future.
At first I was told I was pregnant, then that I had miscarried and needed a D&C and finally that I had a large ovarian cyst.
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- Astrocytoma - by Pauline - (Tue, Jul 10 2007)
I was diagnosed with this particular cancer in 2002 grade, 3 they told me. They, being the surgeons, decided it would be beneficial if I was to have radiotherapy.
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- NHL-but I thought it was just a sore knee! - by LS - (Mon, Jul 09 2007)
In 2003, I twisted my right knee when tripping over a step. It continued to hurt when I exercised but I just took my Tylenol and went on. Then, in January 2006, after getting up and down from my knees over several hours, my right knee was quite swollen and tender. “Well, I better get this seen, I may need an excuse for work!”
My orthopedist ordered an MRI “Let’s make sure its just a strain” but then he called me that same evening to sat he needed to repeat it, with contrast media, because “it looks like a lymphoma”.
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- nasopharyngeal carcinoma, an odyssey - by Mike G. - (Mon, Jul 02 2007)
Being diagnosed in early 2005 with a fairly advanced stage of nasopharyngeal carcinoma was devastating, demoralizing and frightening beyond any degree ever experienced.
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