Narrative Essay On Non Hodgkins Lymphoma

Twelve hospital stays, nine surgeries, and fourteen years later, you would think this patient and his family would have had enough hospital stays for a lifetime. He grew up with type I diabetes, which later put stress on his kidneys causing them to fail. He desperately needed a kidney transplant. The patient is my dad and I was just the little girl in the hospital room watching it all.

Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas (NHL) is a subset of lymphomas associated with cancerous growths within the cells of the immune system, lymphocytes. B-cells and T-cells, the major cells of our immune system are the lymphocytes that are most affected in NHL. Around 90% of NHL cases involve cancerous B-cells with the remaining 10% being T-cell lymphoma. The majority of the cases of T-cell lymphoma in the united states are classified as peripheral T-cell lymphomas (PTCLS). Identifying this lymphoma as peripheral refers not to a specific site within our body, but rather because PTCLs come from mature T-cells circulating throughout our body, peripheral to the thymus (Horwitz, 2007). The classification of PTCL can be applied to a number of different, rare

This past summer, I, along with my mother and father, travelled to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. My mom had been invited to participate in the St. Jude For Life Study because when she was around six to eight years old, she had a form of leukemia called Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. This particular study is to help all present and future St. Jude patients and help to research for a cure. While there, I saw first-hand how cancer can affect a family. You can just see all of the stress, the worry, the exhaustion, the tiredness, the fear, and the tears on the families’ and the patients’ faces.

Leukemia is “a malignant progressive disease in which the bone marrow and other blood-forming organs produce increased numbers of immature or abnormal leukocytes. These suppress the production of normal blood cells, leading to anemia and other symptoms.”An estimated combined total of 162,020 people in the U.S. are expected to be diagnosed with leukemia, 60,192 people die, 14% live in remission and my father is just another statistic. When I was nine years old, my father was diagnosed with Leukemia, an illness that at the time I did not understand. This left my mother raising two kids and working two jobs to make ends meet. Throughout this time of never ending hospital visits, I experienced the kindness and care provided to us by my father’s doctors - something that until this day I will never forget.

Lymphoma affecting approximately 79,000 victims/pt in the united states each year. victims because they are harmed for yet unknown causes. Two diseases Hodgkin’s and Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma similar names and symptoms , yet two different diseases with multiple subtypes within the disease.

As I entered our home, J.P. was on the phone with his family. His tearfully conversation told me he had terminal cancer. Under this circumstance J.P. was uncertain of the type of cancer diagnosed. Attending a follow up appointment we were informed he had staged 4 terminal Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma cancer. I cried with him for a short time. Knowing that our son Jason would be home soon from high school. We pulled ourselves together to give Jason the diagnosis. Our faith journey towards healing began that evening.

1- Is an infection can cause non-Hodgkin lymphoma in women whose their age between 40-50?

When my husband Joe had cancer surgery five years ago, each of his family members responded just as I knew they would. John, his father, decided to organize the family’s calls,

was exciting our family began to have some challenges. We moved to Wisconsin for a job offer my dad got. Things began to look up for me. I was in an established home, with a family that wanted me, and my father had a stable job. What could go wrong? But cold weather was difficult for my mother. The doctors informed her that she needed both of her knees replaced because of the freezing weather. After the operation, she was unable to take care of herself for the next year. Then my dad went to get a health check himself to make sure he was healthy. The worst possible news came back, he had prostate cancer. Devastated by the news, our family began to pray. But since my dad’s job offered insurance, he was able to undergo surgery. After a year of treatment, my dad became cancer free. Our time in Green Bay, Wisconsin ended up being difficult but also a

There are about 318,598 people in The United States that are diagnosed with Leukemia, only 35.3% survive and my father is just another statistic. At the age of nine, I found myself thrust into the adult world. My father was diagnosed with Leukemia and his prognosis was grim. The idea that this event could make me into an adult was earth shattering; adulthood was supposed to come after years of life lessons and obstacles! Yet, this one event altered my persona forever.

    My father had lymphoma and needed a stem cell transplant. One important step of the transplant was to go to clinics to collect enough healthy stem cells to transplant into his body. The actual transplant was done in the hospital. There was also a long period of recovery from the transplant in the hospital, and my dad's immune system was comprised, so my family or anyone around him could not be sick. It was stressful to know that he had to

One summer morning in 2007, I woke up to the news that my father had lost his battle with lung cancer just after one year. Those words were heartbreaking and life-changing. My father was the light of my life and my true best friend. He was a family man, hard-worker, and the best role-model. He was a successful engineer who supported his family to the fullest, and his life had to stop because of a fatal disease. No one can ever replace the bond that my father and I had. It kills me, that the last words he said to me could barely be spoken because the severity of his cancer.

Each of these individuals took time out of their schedules and consoled with my family. They had explained the treatment plan in detail, precautions, risks, and had answered all of our questions. At the age of thirteen I didn’t understand much of the details the doctors had explained. Although, I knew my father had cancer and he needed to be treated.  I saw my father undergo a thirteen-hour surgery, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, chemotherapy and radiation, and rehab. My father was strong enough and defeated cancer. This life experience has influenced me to become a physical therapist because I saw my father undergo physical therapy. By undergoing therapy sessions, he was able to walk on his own without a walker and speak more fluently.  Seeing my dad defeat cancer for the second time, motivates me to work harder and help others going through such situations. I hope I have the opportunity to provide and care for patients and their families as the

I remember thinking about how fortunate I was for having none of my family members to die from cancer. It was just another late night of working hard in the laboratory trying to find something. It was precisely 10 o’clock at night where I had never felt so accomplished. I had finally done it, I found the cure to cancer. At first I couldn’t believe my eyes when I had been reading the chart, but when I gave the antibodies to cancer patients their symptoms left and their cancer had been cured. I was 35 when I had found the cure and I lived in Iowa City, which is where I met my wife. I called my wife, Selena, and told her about my discovery and she started crying. It was a different type of cry..no it wasn’t tears from joy, it was tears from sadness. I asked Selena why she was crying. That day was never forgotten, not because of my discovery, but of the news that my wife told me. Our son passed away that afternoon from Lung Cancer. I was devastated. I went into a deep depression and I kept asking myself, “why couldn’t you have found the cancer just a couple hours earlier.” My story was all over the news, for awhile I never cared about anything but my son. I had received an extremely high number of money. I didn’t care about money anymore. I gave over half of it to people who needed it more than I did. I didn’t feel like doing interviews until about 6 months after his death. I learned something from my experience, In order to achieve your goal, sacrifices will need to be made. I found the cure to the most deadliest thing in the world but I had lost my most prized

Fortunately, for my dad we were able to find a cure. On July 3 2007, my father’s doctor came to our house at five o’clock in the morning, to give us the