Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma

UPDATE: My battle with cancer continues, and things are looking pretty positive right now. Since my last update, I found out the tumor in my chest regrew, but that it spread to my rib and below one of my lungs. I went through 6 rounds of chemotherapy again, and instead of radiation the doctors decided to do a bone marrow transplant. The tumor shrank significantly after just one round of chemotherapy, and even further after 3 rounds. However, after the sixth and final round of chemo, three of the lesions in my chest had stopped responding to the treatment, and one had started to regrow. I entered the transplant quickly, and ended up spending 29 days in the hospital over Christmas and New Years. Since my discharge I am doing great and feel myself slowly getting better. A PET scan this past week showed that half of the lesions present after chemotherapy are no longer active, and the intensity of the remaining cancer activity has decreased in intensity from a range of 10-20, to no more tha... Read more

Couple things I know about non-Hodgkins Lymphoma (i'm not an expert, but I've done some research). There's two principal kinds Fast Moving and Slow Moving (indolent). The fast moving is more dangerous in the short term, but is also more treatable. Fast moving lymphomas respond better to treatment and can be cured (indefinite remission). Slow moving, or indolent Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma is not curable, but does not necessarily mean curtains, because people can live well for years with slow moving lymphoma. So the fast moving is dangerous - but can be cured. The slow moving is less dangerous - but can't be cured.