Lymphoma

     Lymphoma is a cancer that begins in the immune system cells called lymphocytes. These lymphocytes are white blood cells that travel through your body in a fluid called lymph. There are lymph nodes are over your body, with a concentration around your neck, that filter your lymph. When micro-organisms gather in lymph nodes, the nodes swell. The cancerous cells can travel from node to node through lymph, making lymphoma a fast-acting disease with a need for immediate medical attention.

Non-hodgkins is a classification of the type of white blood cell that is cancerous. Of the two, hodgkins and non-hodgkins, NHD is typically found to be more curable.


A bit on myself...



When I was diagnosed with non-hodgkins lymphoma, my lymph nodes were found enlarged all over my body, with symptoms more severe around my neck area. I was told by my oncologists I had swelled lymph nodes in my neck the size of baseballs and, with such difficulty I had breathing, that I hadn't another week to live without immediate medical attention.


I was treated with medical steroids and, amazingly, the swelling reduced.

Then the therapies began...