What are the early symptoms of lymphoma? Chris's diagnosis story
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- Опубликовано: 17 сен 2017
- Chris Lewis discusses some of the symptoms of lymphoma and the process of his diagnosis in this interview with our Editor, Jade Parker.
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Everyone who reads this and everyone in this comment section; im praying for you I understand how unique each of your stories maybe especially the ones fighting battles like this and stay strong! Fight! I believe in you all and wish the best for all of you. GOD BLESS
Amen
Amen آمين
Thank you Sean! Bless you and your family! ( hugs)
Sean,
What a kind and thoughtful comment to post.
Thank you from the depths of my heart.
I am holding you in my thoughts, heart, and prayers.
Many blessings are being sent your way.
🦋🕯🫂🌟🙏🏻💙
Amen. Praise God, God is good, all the time! 🙏♥️
I am not a doctor but from my research if you have an inflamed lymph nodule:
- Record when you first noticed, measure it, how fast it grows or if it decreases, if you were sick when it appeared. If you do ultrasounds ask and keep images.
- Do first an ultrasound. Echo cannot tell 100% but there are some characteristics which would be more worisome like short axis of the node is more then 10mm, nodule is more round than oval, it's hard, doesn't have hilum (in the centre), on Doppler the blood is not central but more chaotic. Ask the doctor to write all these characteristics and even print some image if you want to check the evolution. No characteristic is decisive but together they are very useful for estimation.
- Do a blood test on hemoleucogram, ESR, LDH, liver tests and a microscope check of blood cells/smear test to confirm hemoleucogram findings. However, lymphoma will not appear in blood tests unless it's advanced and reached the bone where blood cells are made. You can also check for EBV DNA to find if you had EBV previously.
- Ultimately only a biopsy can say but for Hodkins biopsy with a neddle cannot say for sure, an excisional biopsy is more certain. For Non-Hogkins neddle biopsy can be more accurate especially when performing IHC/flow citometry and molecular teats. Multiple tests are performed on a biopsy first histopatology, then IHC/flow citometry and possibly molecular tests.
- Pay attention to symptoms like weight loss, tiredness, night sweats, unexplained temperature.
Once again, I am not a doctor. Just hopefully gives some idea of the steps which can be applied. Still not sure which are the low grade,indollent and the double tumor time.
Thank you for your valuable advice doctor 🙏
I start my journey tomorrow. Blood test, then Hematologist the next day and get results from the PET scan 🙏🏻🤞🏻 wishing everyone luck with their journeys and recover as best as you're able. Blessings and love 💓🤗
How did it go?
I’m praying for him, I hope he survived
Thank you Chris for sharing your story. I hope you are keeping well.
I’m only 30 and going through this right now. 😢 I felt like my heart is shattered after hearing what my diagnosis is yesterday. The rash and occasional night sweats make sense now. I really don’t want to have to go through chemo or radiation therapy. They sound like a nightmare to me.
you've got this, and you'll smash it. don't let it beat you, or anything for that matter. You have to fight to win, without the fight nobody would win anything. keep on keeping on
God bless you your gonna fight this your gonna fucking kick this shits arse you have got this . Did you have any other signs I'm worried I have this have pain under arm pit but dnt have any night sweats or tiredness so I'm so worried so hard on nhs to get a face to face Dr's appointment
Praying for healing. Look to Jesus. He is our only HOPE!
@@Thelasthouroil let me just tell you if he were our hope, I don't think anyone would be sick. But you have to admit they are not a working God because if that were the case then at least children would not be abducted, raped, and murdered.
@@WestVirginia1959 Thank you for responding. God tells us through the Apostle Paul in the book of Romans, “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,”
Romans 3:23
We live in a fallen and sinful world. When We chose to disobey God, it brought sin into the world and sin brought sickness, pain, disease, physical and spiritual death. He gave us dominion over the earth and WE CHOSE to disobey Him and the consequences (which He warned us of) followed suit.
When Jesus came, born through a virgin and lived a perfect life in relationship with God the Father, being tempted in every way as we are yet NEVER sinning because He is God and God is light and there is NO darkness in Him. He healed those who were sick, and made the lame walk, the deaf hear, the mute speak, the dead were raised back to life, and He cast out demons. He showed us the Kingdom of God on Earth. He died a horrible death on the cross WILLINGLY for our sins, and was raised Back to life by the glory of the Father because death couldn’t not hold Him. He promised that He is coming back again and He will judge the living and the dead and make all things new. He gave us a taste of a world made new, His kingdom, when He walked the earth and trampled over sin and death and over all the power of the enemy. But until He comes back and makes all things new, we still live in a world plagued by sin. Our ONLY hope is Jesus. We can be reconciled to the Father through Him, through Faith in His name by Grace and walk in victory over sin and death, and be ushers of the Kingdom of God on this earth.
Lovely Gentleman he hit it right in the nail head we guys avoid the doctor until we are violently ill only to be told the grim reality this has happen to many people I know we all need to be proactive ! wish Chris a long remission!
Thanks. I'm awaiting tests myself and I am at the same age that my Mum got Lymphoma. Never ignore the symptoms.
I was diagnosed around a month ago . He didn’t even look at me when he told me I have three different cancers . I was and still am in shock .
What do you mean by 3 different cancers?
I was diagnosed with CLL , Non Hodgkins Lymphoma, Myeloma and Mantle Cell Lymphoma
Going through this now, surgery is booked for two weeks. It’s very scary.
Thank you! Lymphoma symptoms are a cluster of non-alarming daily nuisances that most physicians will ignore until you are in stage 4. My symptoms included episodic inability to walk in the morning. I thought I was fatigue from working out. I also had skin rashes that seem externally caused, however they would not go away for weeks. I also woke up with clasped fingers that would not open without mild assistance from furniture or my other hand. But it was episodic so I thought I was just getting old and my autoniimune disorders were flaring up. And so many more. Also, my blood tests were not symptomatic enough to draw attention. Finally I told my doctor these symptoms and I was in chronic pain at 5 somewhere, every day, in different parts of my body. After griping, complaining, and threatening my carrier I finally got the help I needed. This is exactly my story.
So true doctor wouldnt even pay attention much and tell you that you're find... some times you just have to find the right doctor because there are lazy ones or just doenst care at all
How are you now bro
@@PedroSanchez-sj5ud True some doctors are careless. Four months back, I found out that I had mild hepatomegaly and mild splenomegaly and night sweat for about 1 week. I went to the doctor and told him of my symptoms, he did a full blood count and said my WBC COUNT was 4.88, my red blood count normal, hemoglobin 12.3, platelet 237, lymphocytes 60.1.
I was however concern about the increase in lymphocytes but he told me not to bother that I am fine, but deep down in me I know I'm not fine because I feel this discomfort in my throat and at the side of my neck, somethings I feel pain in my jaw which extents to my eye and I also have muscle and join pain in my head and I have lost some weight. I think I've got leukemia . I gave through surgery 4 months ago.
I'm really worried. But my doctor keeps saying I'm fine.
Someone should please help me
Sorry to hear. Lost many recently due doctors can't do a better job to diagnose
I’ve had swollen, sometimes extremely painful, lymph nodes from my neck down my arms and chest for the past 7 months. Blood work is fine. Drs don’t want to help. They won’t do a biopsy. I’ve had many CT scans. Had a Dr tell me, “I know you feel like your lymph nodes are swollen but medically they aren’t.” WTF??? It feels like hard nodules un my biceps and chest and neck….of course I’m worried and want it taken care of. Doctors don’t want to help until shit hits the fan it seems….. :((( I’m at my wits end.
My brother died today only 35 years old. He had surgery and removed the tumor on his neck but after a year it came back but it had spread to his liver and another part of his body. I can not believe how fast it spreads.
Praying for you and your family! Look to Jesus. He is our only hope!
Very sorry for your loss. I was recently diagnosed with lymphoma of an aggressive variety and I too am surprised how quickly it grows. Know that your post is a potent reminder of how dangerous lymphoma is and can be. May you find healing and compassion from those around you.
@@chrisikaris5891 what is your type
@@sheloshelo4884 Non-Hodgkin's. Specifically, diffuse large B cell lymphoma with follicular lymphoma
@@chrisikaris5891 can u remember pe
Please did u take chomotherapy? How many times ? And chemo protokol?
Thanks.for.sharing.this.
I just found out about my lymphnodes and must say scared of the treatments I lived threw my partner who had cancer and it is terrible to watch people fight for their lives then die
Hope ur doin ok bro , il pray for you Ahmen bro x
Hope your doing ok 🙏
Thanks for sharing.. I am hoping for the best for you. I go I. This Tuesday for lab work. My symptoms match yours and more. I'm nervous. Much love n light to you all
Hope you're doing well! Hope all goes the best!
Did you have it
Update?
I'm so glad for this story. I have swollen groin glands myself so need to see the doc.
Same here. But I have a couple other swollen glands. With multiple symptoms. God bless us both.
Any update to u guys?
@@charleschidester6767 and update? Are you okay?
Are you okay?
Hope you are ok
You think it's just your body getting older so you don't immediately become concerned. But once you have a diagnosis and you know all of the symptoms suddenly all of these individual pieces of the puzzle start to fit in place and take shape. Symptoms that you've discounted and played down suddenly make sense.
Being a Kaiser patient, I get a blood test every year.
This is so important because I eventually was diagnosed with lymphoma (8 years) with almost no symptoms.
It then spiraled into leukemia (since December).
I am taking Imbruvica at the age of 86 to treat the leukemia and aside from tiredness, almost no symptoms.
Thank you, Kaiser!!!
Can I ask what blood tests come back abnormal for them to diagnose you? Only as iv had a lump in my neck for 4 months and my bloods are coming back abnormal and doctors aren’t concerned.
@@leahpowell9961 When I had lymphoma, I had basically no symptoms and only had a blood test every six months.
Then it spiraled into leukemia and since then I have a blood test every month to check to see that I am not reacting negatively
to the Imbruvica medication.
I love Kaiser because the doctors though overloaded give excellent care. What can I say!
@leahpowell9961 this looks like an advert darling
I goofed! I get a blood test every month!
I don't know why I said: "I get a blood test ever year." Duh!!!
I have Myeloma. Almost the same thing. I'm doing Immunetheropy right now and it has brought my paraprotein down a little, but the last 2 months it is now staying the same.
How are you now
Leukemia is not the same thing. I hope your prognosis is more favorable. Truly.
Hope your getting better...any updates?
I'm 50 went to hospital New year's Day they found something on the cat scan plus blood higher pottasium and low b 12 so now got to go Feb 7 to the lymphoma chemo clinic to have biopsy .
how is he doing now what treatment has he gone through i had seen some videos of dr garson but they r very expensive only rich people can be treated with their juice theraphy
I’m so tired all the time and I can’t find a reason. I don’t know what to even begin to look into to determine if something is off.
i’m scared that i’m feeling this fatigue, but i’m not sure if it’s a symptom or not. can you tell me how long you’ve been feeling it, what it’s like, and if you have any other symptoms?
Try testing for anaemia! Thats how I felt and finally found out I am anemic
The important aspect of his story is “Biopsy upon confirmation”. Everything else is speculative and does not result in patient diagnosis. PET Scans & Ultrasound are the best diagnostic tools to catch a lymphoma early. Early means above the torso.
wdym above the torso
@@bigbuckbunny9073 it means lymph nodes from head and neck are still considered stage 1 & or Stage 2. Below those, it becomes stage 3 and if involved with an internal organ spread, it becomes stage 4.
It is hard to get insurance to pay for PET scans. I am fighting to get one now because I have been sick for months. I have lost 35 lbs in 3 months, night sweats, swollen lymph nodes in both sides of my neck, behind my right ear, and 7 in both sides of my groin. I have easy bruising, a boney lump in my chest below my collarbone, extreme fatigue and more. I have received CT scan and ultrasound and doctors say lymph nodes are not big enough to be cancer. I know in my heart something is wrong my body feels like its shutting down and no doctor will help me. I finally got a surgeon to order PET scan and insurance denied it. I am so frustrated and weak. The surgeon says he can do biopsy but said it with irritability as if I am annoying him. I feel like I am being sent home to die each time I leave the hospital or doctor. No one cares enough to dig, I am praying for someone to hurry up and figure this out.
@@Weekend658 are you sure that's what it means?
@@nopressurenodiamonds5566 wow that is terrible. There's gotta be a way man! Where do you live?
I have an appointment in a week with a private doctor (haematologist) as i am so poorly and the nhs will not help me, i ended up in a and e because i coudl barely stand im so fatigued and i have persistent swollen lymph nodes and a lump on my neck. They did "routine" bloods and a chest xray and told me i was fine. My legs are so itchy they bleed, i have unexplained brusing, chronic fatigue, swollen lymp nodes and i just dont feel right at all i cant even walk up the stairs wihtout getting out of breath and having to lie down it is destroying my life 😢 im really hoping i get some answers soon but im sick of being told im fine.
I’m experiencing every one of those symptoms including swollen glands in my armpit, it’s painful at times, and I do get tired a lot easier than before. I’m only 45 so should I seek help or ignore it
if they’re swollen and they’re painful, then that’s a good sign that it’s not cancer! usually if they’re not painful, and kind of hard when you move them around or press on them, that is a good sign that it’s cancer
Always get it checked.
I'm 44 I have re occuring swollen LYMPS. MY NECK ONE IS TERRIBLE YES ITS PAINFUL IT HURTS LKE 😳 . SWOLLEN LAST NIGHT I COULDN'T SLEEP ( CAPS I CANNOT SEE WELL SORRY)
I WENT AND HAD IT TESTED Lymphocytes
90 PERCENT.
WS TOLD TEETH WAS TOLD CANCEROUS WAS TOLD NOT . SICK OF TEXAS. TEXAS U ARE INSANE. IM. FATIGUED A TON. I HAVE CHRONIC PAIN SO. IM GOING TO MY DR also it says certain autoimmune disorders cause this via Google.
Stressing currently. I’m an 18 yo male and have had swollen lynmnodes through my neck for 7 months now. I have very sharp pains in my groin and pelvis area randomly. I’ve had multiple ultrasounds on head and neck, and test for mono. My antibodies reveled I’d had it sometime in the past. I’ve asked time and time again for my doctor to order me a ct scan but 🤷🏼♂️
update?
please keep pushing for that scan or a biopsy!!! doctors sometimes try to take the easy way out by dismissing a patients worries and they’ll say that you’re fine, but never give up!!! this could be life or death buddy, so i really wish you luck ❤️❤️❤️ as long as you get confirmation that you have lymphoma (that is *if* you have it), and you get treatment, then you’ll be A ok :))
dont be stressed, turn to god he will help you
Get that scan please. I'm 18 too and I've had a swollen lymph node on my neck for 6 years now that has been getting bigger. I've been getting sick one time after the next lately and this lymph node on my neck is like the size of a grape right now. I don't want to tell my parents though...
@@crystaleunoia3974 how are you now
my dad has these exact symptoms... we are waiting for biopsy results
Share result ?
How are you now
I have a rash and itp and the rash looks familiar to lymphoma which my dr said leads to lymphoma little worried
Which blood tests did you get to diagnose lymphoma?
I'm getting l these symptoms and outbreaks rashes all the time itchy skin I'm gunna call my Dr today
I got to about 55 without any real illness except what I thought was ezecma which I developed when I was about 45 and it gradually got worse and they decided it was psoriasis as it didn't react to the ezecma patch test.Then some tumours came on my hand and lead to the amputation of a finger and no it wasn't ezecma or psoriasis but a very rare Lymphoma called Mycosis Fungoides which had progressed to stage 2b by its discovery.
Uh oh. I'm going through something similar right now. Skin rashes that are itchy. Some moles that showed up and come and go. Dry up then come back moist.
Geez. It's near midnight and I probably won't be able to go to sleep now.
Got my tonsils out many years ago and had swollen areas and they said cyst than now a rash itchy won’t go away more ans more every day going to my hematologist Monday
What happened? I have had itchy skin all over my body for over a month.
@@norahalimi1082 is it ok?
I'm concerned about a small lump in my neck that I've had for a little over a month. Should I go to the doctor? It hasn't grown or changed in size at all, it's hard and movable and it's only half an inch big. The only other symptom I have that indicates cancer is constant tiredness but that could just be a result of not getting enough sleep.
How are u now
@@Psycholas I went to the doctor a couple days ago and she found a few more swollen lymph nodes in my neck and groin, very small tho. She did blood work to check my thyroid and I assume it came back normal since I didn’t get any calls. She said I can get an ultra sound on my neck if I really wanted to but she recommended that I just wait it out and come back if it grows. Hope that helps you out!
@@Hi-wn2rohi any update on that?
My four years old daughter has these lymph nodes, on her neck and was very worried... How can treat her???
You can't, she needs to see a doctor....
Feel better in Jesus name amen
Amen!
Amen.
Amen 🙏
No lesson I feel alone everyone telling me I'm making up excuses when my lymph nodes are swollen no one is hear for me I feel alone in my room loosin my air on everything I drink
Try your hardest to see a doctor
Look up Dr Truman Berst on Thursday evenings around 11:30 pm12.00 am British time he is a Holistic practitioner one of the best in his day he is in his 80’s or late 70’s for sure. You will find he is a lovey man and extremely knowledgable . I’m having to go sit n listen to him myself just found a series of lumps in my throat and all glands raised in my neck and u see arma smh
Did he ever survive?
Extensively Times that Step we are afraid to Take might just be the right one. Thank you Dr Igho for your medication that helped me restore my full health Naturally. Your Medication that cured me is super awesome I am absolutely Delighted I came Across your channel.
Limphorma infected in the intenstine system. ?
50 is young to feel tired.
Your story sounds like mine
If you went to the doctor earlier they would have misdiagnosed
Italia
Ok he didn’t really speak on the symptoms other than two. There are more than just two symptoms.
My lymphoma is above my eyebrow and I've been diagnosed with non hodgkin's lymphoma, they say its low grade after two biopsies but I now have a large lump on my head so I'm thinking it might be high grade, I've also been diagnosed with thyroid cancer after a partial anf total thyroidectomy
How’re you doing?
How is it going
You’re at stage 4,…there is no stage 5😢
Being a man is hard
Yes it is. I’m a nurse practitioner and men fail to get the healthcare they need due to feeling the need to be strong for everyone else. If a man comes in due to depression, he will often voice shame and guilt bc of societal pressure to be strong.
Everyone reading this : Please research and get yourself some Essiac Tea 🙏💕
I don’t know what’s wrong with me and my doctors are screwing everything and I feel lost and ignored.