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Any survivors of Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma out there?

Blood Cancers & Disorders | Last Active: May 14 9:39am | Replies (21)
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Hello @trixie1

I'm glad that you are feeling better since you started the chemo/immunotherapy treatment.

If you are comfortable sharing more, what symptoms were you having that led to this diagnosis? Have you had any significant side effects from the treatment?

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trixie1 | @trixie1 | Jul 12, 2023

Bloating, stomach full after eating just a little, constipation. Had a CT scan that showed I had an enlarged spleen last year. By January ended up in the ER as I had stomach pain and couldn't even lie on my side as my spleen had really become enlarged . My oncologist ordered a bone marrow biopsy on a Wednesday which showed cancer in my bone marrow. By Friday oncologist diagnosed my with SMZL stage 4. By the next Monday I was doing chemo and immunatherapy. First rounds were rough, broke out in a rash and was really nauseated but they give you many anti nausea drugs. Rounds 2, 3, 4, and 5 were not that bad. Round 6 took me about 2 weeks to get over that. Did not lose my hair! Feel better now and my spleen has gone down from 22 to about 15.

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