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classical hodgkin's lymphoma

Blood Cancers & Disorders | Last Active: Oct 20, 2016 | Replies (16)

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@colleenyoung

Welcome @birdy48. I think fellow Connect members who have been through cancer treatment can relate to what you're experiencing. The treatment phase is intense. We dedicate all our thoughts and energy to treatment sessions, managing side effects, navigating the health system, dealing with family, life, work and setting some of those things to the side lines. Then treatment is done. Even with a great outcome of no evidence of desease (NED) and a good prognosis, one is left exposed - as you put it - vulnerable. What now? Fear of recurrence is real.

I bet @lacey @johnwburns @survivor1 @hopeful33250 would have more to add to this discussion.

Birdy, we look forward to getting to know more about you. Do you have a good support system around you? Family? Friends? Have you been able to return to work or the activities you had been doing before your diagnosis? Do you want to return to them?

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I Have a daughter and a son who live in Phoenix, AZ as I do. I rarely speak of my cancer to anyone. I am 68 years old. I do not feel that old yet I am. I would like to work maybe go to school and take up a new vocation. Yet I am tired. I have not seen an oncologist here in Arizona. I was dx and treated at Duke in Durham, NC. I have a passion for embroidery. Specifically Sashiko a form of Japanese needle work. I read quite a bit, yet I feel I need to followup on my cancer stuff. When I read here about others with Cancer I cry. Just makes me sad. I have three dogs two are strays. I have nursed Jullian back from near death. They mean so much to me.