Not good. Any itching? Night sweats? Not trying to scare you, but you need some answers. I started out just like that. Any weight loss? Blood tests don't show anything. For me, nothing was confirmed until a fine needle aspiration [biopsy] of the lymph node at the base of my neck was done. Get to a doctor - and do not quit until you have some answers!
Check this site for info:
http://www.leukemia-lymphoma.org/hm_lls
Best wishes
2007-03-09 00:47:43
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answered by Char 7
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I know what you're talking about, swollen lymph nodes have always scared the pants off me too !! I know you are thinking of lymphoma right now, but a whole lot of diseases, mainly infections, can have these symptoms. The best thing to do is to go through the tests your doctor is thinking about, and do talk to him about lymphoma if you are scared it is that. If he has already ruled that out, he can explain you why, and that may reassure you. If not, ask him all the questions you have on your mind. The unknown is much more frightning than what is known, even if what you know is scary. And lymphoma symptoms are so non-specific that going around the net looking for info on it will only succeed in making you grow white hairs, probably without any reason at all.
2007-03-08 09:27:07
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answered by Anonymous
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Hi. I have had a spleenectomy for Hodgkin's Lymphoma. Hope I'm not even in the ball park, but what you are describing is just what I felt when I started all this.
The spleen is on the left side.
I'm sending this along, just in case--
The following was copied from an Internet news group.
Why would I rely on your backward methods for diagnosing cancer, that is, with invasive procedures such as biopsies and radiation from CT scans?? Are you aware that when a person has cancer they have elevated levels of hCGH in their urine? This can sometime be detected with a pregnancy test if the hCGH levels are high enough.
Because I had a dozen visible lesions or more and testicular pain, I screened myself with a simple pregnancy test. In my case the levels were high enough to register positive. Since I'm a man, and I had lesions and pain, it was quite obvious that I had cancer.
So once again, the macabre ways you are familiar with for diagnosing and treating cancer patients are unnecessary.
Let me add a caveat, pregnancy tests don't always show positive when a person has cancer because the hCGH levels aren't always high enough. But if they are high enough...bingo! It's a great way to to uncover cancer cheaply and painlessly.
There is a more sophisticated pregnancy test that is about 98% accurate and picks up malignancies six months to two years prior to other methods of screening. The downside to that test right now is that you have to send away for the results and there is a six week turn around on the results.
One more thing. The hCGH conection is yet another piece of evidence that cancer cells are trophoblast cells that have been turned on. It's the unitarian theory of cancer which was first discovered by a Dr. Beard about 100 years ago.
Trophoblast cells release hCGH as a byproduct of its activity. In pregnancy it plays a role in producing life by invasively eating a niche in the uterine wall. In cancer, the same invasiveness causes destruction. But the trophoblast cells can be turned off easily as my own case helps to demonstrate.
In conclusion, in this thread we're discussing the merits of a variety of deadly chemo agents in a case that is so far advanced that the only outcome from the chemo is going to be negative. It's a case of 'pretending' to be doing something. The doctors want to help. Unfortunately their tools aren't suited to the task. But psychologically they must believe, especially when it can be difficult to tell the patient you have nothing to offer them.
Meanwhile, the only methods that work are the ones that turn off the trophoblast cells while supporting the healthy cells....which happen to be the vast majority of the cells. Chemo fails in the latter. And instead of turning off the trophoblast cells, they kill them. It's a recipe for disaster.
And this is from me--
Search for answers by looking outside of the medical field, in the area of alternative medicine. There are hundreds of methods to heal the body, and drugs only suppress the issue (not heal it). Most disease issues are internal because the blood carries toxins that accumulate in the body. The system needs to be cleansed (colon and liver especially), and given nutrition.
Cleansing the body is a method Ive seen done many times with success and it doesn't matter how old you are. We must remove toxins. One strategy is detoxifying with herbs, water, and juice fasting. One must educate oneself.
"The Cure for All Cancers", ISBN 0963632825
"The Cure for All Advanced Cancers", ISBN 1890035165
"A Cancer Therapy", ISBN 0882681052
"Oxygen Therapies", ISBN 0962052701
"Hydrogen Peroxide--Medical Miracle", ISBN 1885236077
"The Natural Cure for Cancer--Germanium", ISBN 0533071410
"Killing Cancer", ISBN 0705000966
"Natural Cures 'They' Don't Want You to Know About", ISBN 0975599518
There are many other good books about surviving this disease, and you should know about this option, even if you choose to go the traditional route with it's abysmal prognosis. Best of luck.
2007-03-08 10:09:04
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answered by Dorothy and Toto 5
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I am going through exactly what you are right now, they also say my thyroid levels are normal but have 2 small simple cysts, I have another doc visit Saturday if they tell me anything I will let you know, also if you get any info please pass it on
2007-03-08 09:56:32
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answered by Wildday 2
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