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I am receiving my treatment from Ironwood Cancer center in Phoenix, AZ. I'm 70 yr old female and I would call myself active as well. Before this diagnosis I was determined to lose my Covid weight and was either biking 7 miles, walking 3 miles or working out in the gym once a day. I did manage to lose 25 lbs prior to my birthday in June. That is when I started having night sweats and saw my MD in mid-August. She ordered lab which was abnormal and referred me to an MD at Ironwood. My oncologist ordered more labs, a neck to knee's CT with contrast and an bone marrow biopsy to determine my SMZL diagnosis. I contacted Mayo at that time for 2nd opinion, I was give a mid December appt. I started my Rituximab treatments on 10-14. My weight was continuing to drop but now seems to be stable. I took a 2 week Thanksgiving break and then started the treatments again on 11/29 and will end on 12/20. I do feel much better than I did when I originally started. the treatment. Some of that may be due to the fact that I have accepted the cancer diagnosis and trying to enjoy my life, 3 children and 4 grandchildren despite the diagnosis. I hope this information is helpful to you.

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Sounds like you are doing great! Thank you for info and encouragement!
Glad to hear your treatment is going well for you.

70 year old female too, grandmother, very active lifestyle, haven't retired from full time job yet (December this year), and diagnosed in Nov 2021. My weight had started to drop prior to treatments, because the spleen, which was 2x normal size was impacting my ability to eat normal meals and going to the bathroom a lot too. Hope you are still doing well.