Still here!

My husband was alone when he was told it was cancer. I had a great GYN, Dr. Steven Lewis in Gaffney who sent me to Dr, Hunter at Gibbs the next day. After major debulking I was given diagnosis of stage III-C Primary Peritoneal Cancer which is treated just like Ovarian. I was told I was going to be hit as hard as I could stand and hope for two …

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multiple myeloma

i was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in january of 2011. i had kemo,radation and a stem cell transplant. in december 2012 i woke up one evening and was paralyzed from the waist down.in june 2013 the dr. told me i had only 2 months to live and had developed lung cancer. it is march 2014 and by gods grace im still here with no sign of cancer and …

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Doctor Day

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Living With Lupus, MDS, and Bone Marrow Failure

It’s going on another year of labs and doctors. I’m 70 now, and thought these were the “golden years.” Nothing golden about them for me. My lack of platelets and Coumadin leave my body looking like I get beaten up every day!

I have wonderful doctors, and sometimes they get as frustrated as I am, as I have a disease without a cure, little tr…

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CHOP-R treatment started - now a sore throat - should we be concerned?

My dad, age 85, has Non-Hodgkins, Diffuse Cell B, Lymphoma. After emergency surgery for a perforated small intestine in September, we found out that he has this disease and he had his first CHOP-R treatment last week on Tuesday (12/10/13). He took Predisone for 5 days. Today, no Predisone, but he says his stomach and throat hurt. No fever, no co…

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Bladder Cancer and Lymphoma

I was diagnosed with bladder cancer in Jan 2007, Large B Cell Aggressive Non Hodgkin’s lymphoma in August 2007, the bladder cancer reoccurred in Aug 2010. I’ve had 8 surgery’s, 5 chemo treatments and so far so good. If there is any of my experiences I’ve had that could be of use to anyone please talk to me. There may not be a lot of help I can g…

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Quilting Dee's Lymphoma journey

In July, 2012 I was diagnosed with Stage 1 nasolymphoma, aggressive, diffuse large B cell. I am 75 years old and a retired RN. After a very extensive workup by my oncology team, I started 6 sessions of R-Chop. The tumor resolved quickly and my breathing improved. I tolerated the chemo very well. I did experience about 2 months of extreme fa…

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Dealing with Post Chemo Neuropathy

My last Taxol treatment was June 15, 2012. I knew going into the treatment that I might have some problems with neuropathy or some tingling in my fingers and toes and bone pain. My NP and Oncologist told me they would start me on a medication on Gabapentin that would help. By the time I was finished of four rounds of Taxol I was taking high d…

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multilple myeloma and need help with paying for labwork

paying for bloodwork which hasnt been done in about 3 to 4 months cause of share of cost medical needy through medicaid cant get it done at drs. office or at lab out in town. so doctor says he can do anything until i get it done so im at stand still. last office visit ihe took me off water pill to see what happens and within two days water start…

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chemo

Iv’e been hearing about people that have been on chemo for years why so long? I have been on it for two months now and can’t imagine ten more months I have two more to go God willing thats it. may God bless you all

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