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Jackie (jackieb)


October 11, 2009


District of Columbia


Cancer Survivor

Cancer Info


Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma


Primary mediastinal large B cell lymphoma


10/5/2009


Stage 3


You... you still have to go to work?!


Everyone cares, a lot.


Help me make up stupid names for my cancer


I hate taking prednisone pills!


None yet, though I get some if chemo doesn’t kick it.


None prescribed

None prescribed


None prescribed





Biography

I’m 23 years old, and after twelve years without so much as a stomach flu, I was unexpectedly diagnosed with cancer! Happy Halloween!
Still working on the good attitude part. Does black humor count?

Cancer Symptoms

(Temporary) shortness of breath, back pain, abdominal pain, loss of appetite

Surgery Description, Dates & Side Effects

Medi-port placement, Oct 13 2009. Still healing. Nicely, I suppose. I keep eying it suspiciously because I can’t get even earrings put in and this thing is a lot bigger than earrings.

Radiation Description, Dates & Side Effects

None yet, though I get some if chemo doesn’t kick it.

Chemotherapy Description, Dates & Side Effects

R-CHOP, (I know it as “rituxin” “the red stuff,” “the clear stuff,” and “the god damn prednisone pills”—lazy, I know) started Oct 15, 2009. So far just a bit of fatigue, crankiness, and I think my body fluids may be like dinosaur acid right now. Also I hate taking my pills but have to do it because of, um, you know, long term survival and all that.

Hormone Therapy Description, Dates & Side Effects

None prescribed

Bone Marrow Transplant Description, Dates & Side Effects

None prescribed

Immune Therapy Description, Dates & Side Effects

None prescribed


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