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Does anyone know life expectancy of Linfoma?

Hello my friends
I'm feeling extremely sad today because my dear aunt is slowly consuming away. Her HgG has dropped to 4. There's no definite diagnosis but the docs are almost sure it is linphoma (many symptoms are similar to our TX leukopenia, anemia, etc).They don't want to do a BX cause she's 84 yo. They're only transfusing blood and waiting...
We even did a test for erlichia (her dog had it) (sorta Rocky mountain fever or Lyme) it came back negative but she had some animal bacteria and the tetracycline helped a little bit. But now shes being fed with a tube. and not improving...
I remember she told me last year that I shouldn't worry about Hepc so much (she suffered bilharzia as a child and she said it didn't kill her)...no antivirals back then. I wonder if that stimulated the linfoma in the stomach?
I don't want her to suffer so much so I was wondering if any of yous would know how fast this could ressolve? It's taking a toll on my mom and my other aunt
sometimes I see positive eutanasia with other eyes

saludos to all of you and thanks for listening
scuba
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I am sorry aobut your aunt.  I can't give you any answers, but she sounds like a wise old soul.
frijole
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In May 1998, I lost my Mom to Non Hodgekins Lymphoma she was only 56 years old and fought that rotten disease for four years, she had a stem cell transplant in 1996, she did everything possible to beat it. My advice would be to make sure your Aunt is comfortable and don't let them use her elderly body for trials, let her be happy and loved. NO PAIN, theres many meds out there to keep her comfortable.

My prayers are with you and yours,
Diana
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