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uria702
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PostPosted: Tue May 02, 2006 10:27 pm    Post subject: in distress just diagnosed Reply with quote
hello everybody, let me introduce myself my name is nuri i am 20 eyars of and I was recently diagnosed with level 1 NHL (non hodgkins lymphoma), even though it is just level 1 the minute i heard my doctor utter the word CANCER i immediately lost sight of everything and my heart shattered. i am only 20 years old and am suppose to be attending Princeton University in the fall after getting my BA in Journalism from Columbia University.
About 2 weeks ago i found a lump and originally thought it might just be a bad reaction to something i ate or wrestling with friends and just took some anti biotics which didnt help so i decided to visit the ER, this was last week, this sunday after a biopsy i was officially diagnosed with NHL.
i have never been this afraid of anything in my life, i know the survival rates are great but i am scared the rest of my life if very long i will be having nightmares about the disease returning.
i do have a appointment with Dr. Joseph O. Moore of Duke University Medical Center coming up soon to find out the best means of trying to treat this. My whole life i have had problems with my stomach and immune system always being very weak, i would be hospitalized for the common cold
a month ago The ER diagnosed me with Pneumonia after having shivers and a very high fever and i am just very very nervous, shaky and scared of whats to come, i dont know if i can handle chemotherapy with my stomach and all, sorry for rambeling its just so much to take down...
any advice or help at all please, i appreciate it so much.
i have always been very weak emotionally and am not the kind of person who "pulls through" needless to say my parents are so worried. please guys thank you i appreciate any kind words or advice.
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PostPosted: Wed May 03, 2006 11:46 am    Post subject: Re: in distress just diagnosed Reply with quote
Nuri, I certainly understand your fear! Although our cancers are vastly different, I remember the day I heard the word “cancer” associated with ME!! Suddenly, I had no more future or past. My life was “now”. That moment was in November of 1992… I have many more “moments” since that night in the ER.

I know very little about NHL. But I do know that you have “now”. You may have a very difficult time ahead, but always live in the “now”. Keep in touch and let us walk with you through your future moments.
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