Re: Help please - OT - lymphoma

[Guest guest]

I'm very sorry to hear this, Prisicilla. What sort of lymphoma is it?

Not an MD

I'll tell you where to go!

Mayo Clinic in Rochester

http://www.mayoclinic.org/rochester

s Hopkins Medicine

http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org

[ ] Help please - OT - lymphoma

> I'm so sorry to bug everyone, but you are all so helpful and

> knowledgeable, I'm hoping you have some advice.

>

> My wonderful husband has been sick since he came back from Hurricane

> Relief in Mississippi. They finally realized he has an infection that

> they have found in men that went to the gulfport area. So they are

> treating him for that. However in trying to find out what's wrong,

> they have located 6 (possibly more, they are doing more tests

> today) " lymphoma's " in his abdomen. I am scared to death! Any

> advice? Ideas?? Help?? To make matters worse, he's been sick with

> this virus for 2 weeks and his job that he got when he came back (5

> weeks ago) fired him! So I am now the sole income. We have 3 kids

> (5,6, & 7) and I have RA and Fibro. So please....any ideas??

>

> Prisicilla

[Guest guest]

Pricisilla:

I know that you're very worried about your hubby, and I can only

imagine the stress that you must be experiencing.

Almost 2 years ago, I noticed a " lump " near my ear, close to my jaw

joint. It never went away after a few days, and I ended up having an

MRI of my neck/cervical area. That came back showing several lymph

nodes inflammed, quite large, and that usually isn't good. After

being told that it may be lymphoma, I was sent to a Specialist to

have two biopsies done. Thankfully, everything came back negative.

Little did I know that the inflammed lymph nodes were my body's way

of telling me that I was fighting off an infection. I still have the

enlarged nodes, and apparently, it's my body's way of reacting to the

RA and MS. I have had regular MRI's, and my lymph nodes are still

enlarged throughout my body. Because of my current diagnosis, and

with the biopsy and bloodwork coming back negative, I was told it

was " normal " .

My son who is 11, also gets enlarged lymph nodes on the back of his

neck whenever he has the slightest cold or flu. I have brought him

to the doctor's office a few times, worried about it. I was told

it's okay, and again, it's his body's way of reacting to infection.

I hope and pray your hubby is going to be okay. I hope that it's

nothing more than his body's way of reacting to the illness he's been

fighting. Always get a second opinion, when in doubt.

Take care,

--- In , " casterramom " <casterramom@y...>

wrote:

>

> I'm so sorry to bug everyone, but you are all so helpful and

> knowledgeable, I'm hoping you have some advice.

>

> My wonderful husband has been sick since he came back from

Hurricane

> Relief in Mississippi. They finally realized he has an infection

that

> they have found in men that went to the gulfport area. So they are

> treating him for that. However in trying to find out what's wrong,

> they have located 6 (possibly more, they are doing more tests

> today) " lymphoma's " in his abdomen. I am scared to death! Any

> advice? Ideas?? Help?? To make matters worse, he's been sick

with

> this virus for 2 weeks and his job that he got when he came back (5

> weeks ago) fired him! So I am now the sole income. We have 3 kids

> (5,6, & 7) and I have RA and Fibro. So please....any ideas??

>

> Prisicilla

>