Posted by Last week I had to go to the hospital here in Warsaw Poland due to a severe pain in my right leg. Based on an experience from the year before when I had a blood clot in my arm following surgery for thyroid cancer I was fairly certain that once again I had a blood…Read more »
Posted by After finishing my second round of chemotherapy for stage 4 Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma at a Los Angeles California hospital my wife and I took an elevator down to the pharmacy to stand in line so I could pick up my white blood cell booster shots. As I wandered in sporting a blue and yellow mohawk…Read more »
Posted by Christmas Eve 2015 I was diagnosed with stage 4 Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma, based on this diagnosis I was prescribed 6 months of FCR based chemotherapy. Before I started my chemo treatments I was warned that we had to keep our apartment very clean and germ free and that living with pets during chemo was a potential health…Read more »
Posted by During the last few months of my chemotherapy treatment and the many months that followed I had severe brain fog. My concentration, vision and short term memory were extremely affected by the chemo drugs. I found that I was unable to watch TV because I couldn’t concentrate enough to understand the context of what I…Read more »
Posted by Weeks after being diagnosed with stage 4 non-Hodgkin’s immunoblastic high grade lymphoma I was told that if I wanted to live that I would have to undergo 6 month of chemotherapy treatment. I was informed that the treatment that was prescribed was the strongest possible dose available and that my body may not be able to…Read more »
Posted by Christmas Eve 2015 I received a gift, a gift that I was not expecting, a gift that I didn’t want, a gift that changed my life forever. This was a gift that no one would ever want to be the recipient of, a gift that simultaneously filled me with dread and fear as well as…Read more »
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