On 3/20/2008 marypo wrote:
my dad just found out he has b lymphoma they found the cancer in his stomache hes very depressed losing weight and not eating good and still gets pains in his stomache.he starts cemo next week i dont know what stage hes in cause thats all my mom told me can anyone please tell me what b stands for iam really woried about my dad and iam also confused
I have B-Cell Lymphoma and was diagnosed in July 1998. It is one of the best controlled Cancers there is. The reason is that it grows slowly. I was in remission for 5 yrs and I relapsed the end of 2003. I am in remission again and will be 2 yrs this June. There are usually 4 stages and mine was between 3rd and 4 th stage. Mine was not in my stomach, however, I do have a friend that had it in her stomach and she took treatment as has been in remission 6 yrs now and is doing fine. It usually is not curable, but it is treatable. How old is your Dad? I was 55 when I was diagnosed. It's the pit to go thru, but at least there is treatment and it's much better now that when I was first diagnosed. Write me if you like. Justine