Welcome to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Community!

[Dnmh]

Being diagnosed with, or even thinking you have leukemia or lymphoma is a scary thing. There are so many questions and uncertanties that go along with it. This community is here to help you along your journey after diagnosis, or help you understand what questions you may want to ask if you think you may have either.

Please keep in mind that I'm not a doctor, and I have health issues of my own, so I may not be able to reply right away. I will do my very best to help in whatever capacity I am able. While I don't have either, I am knowledgable with both and when I don't have an answer, I will search for you.

If you haven't already, please check out the Health Pages
on Lymph Nodes:
http://www.medhelp.org/health_pages/Cancer/Your-Lymph-Nodes/show/597?cid=90

and on understanding why your doctor ordered certain labs:
http://www.medhelp.org/health_pages/Cancer/Understanding-Lab-tests/show/596?cid=90

There are also some great trackers available!
http://www.medhelp.org/trackers/list/90

This link has CBC, Pain and Chemotherapy Trackers. These can be valuable tools when working with different doctors and to help you keep track of things!

My mother is not only a breast cancer survivor, but she also has Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia and I just lost a cousin on my fathers side in July 2008 to either ALL or AML. (My aunt doesn't know) but it was very aggressive.

These have made me interested in both leukemia and lymphoma, since my mother having CLL puts me and my sister at a higher risk of lymphoma.

If your post gets pushed to the second page before I or anyone else has had a chance to respond, feel free to reply to your post with the word "bump" or a question such as "anyone?" This will post it back to the first page and give me a chance to see it!

Again, welcome to the community!

Dnmh

[bugga123]

Thank you so very much for all of your help.
God bless you

[bgrif]

Hello,
You said your mother is a breast cancer survivor and she also has Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia. So is my mother who is 87 (mastectomy in 2000) She had to have treatment for the CLL due to pain and swollen lymph nodes.She has been very ill fighting off infections, so her treatment has been stopped. Now my older brother (64) found out he has CLL too.  Any info on running in the family??

Thanks.

[shan444]

i am a 22 yrs old lady,who have been under stress for quite some time now.lately i ave been having symptom of lymphoma am not sure but think,i dont have a family history of cancer but anxiety disorder runs in my family.i ave a small painless not to really painless ,when i squeeze it it have a slightly pain and its movable lymph node in my neck cant be seen by eyes only by feel,i have itchy skin bumps that looks like a ants bite,i have no other symptom only symptom of anxiety,and sometimes i even feel symptom of brain tumor.can this cause from a terrible i had months ago are a bad tooth in my mouth.