For those who love to eat fruits, a red banana is hard to pass up. Red bananas come in several different varieties including the black and green Cavendish bananas. Most red bananas are small and round with dark-purplish skin. Some are plumper and larger than the average Cavendish banana. When ripe, a ripe red banana […]
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Read MoreIf you’re not sure of a meaning of a word your consultant says, or one you see in a leaflet or brochure, then click on the links below for further information. There is also a link back to the top of this page, by clicking “Top” in each section. Or maybe you are looking for […]
Read MoreHere you’ll find listed below some websites (I have personally found a few of these extremely useful in my quest for information on Non Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and cancer in general). If you would like to see any additions here, then email meand I’ll add them in for you. It is split into sections at the moment, […]
Read MoreThere are many many types of scan you may have once you meet your oncologist and she/he sends you off to the various departments. I’ll start with the easy ones and work my way through the others for you. X-Rays Isotope Bone Scans CT Scan MRI Scan PET Scan Biopsy Needle Biopsy Open Biopsy Bone […]
Read MoreWell this is the magic word we all want to hear. What’s the point of all the treatment otherwise? Who knows we may even hear the word “cure” sometime as well. I think until the word remission is heard, we seem to be in limbo. Not cured, not in remission, the tumour is still there. […]
Read MoreThere are lots of books out there specifically about cancer, all the various types, the symptoms, living with – and dying with – cancer, coping with the side effects. The list is endless. I’ll be adding to this list endlessly too of course. I have not read all of these books, so cannot vouch for […]
Read MoreWhat is radiotherapy?Radiotherapy is the treatment of cancer (malignant disease) using exact, carefully measured doses of radiation. Usually, several beams of radiation are carefully and accurately directed to a specific area of the body. Each beam is called a radiotherapy “field”. The point at which all the beams (fields) meet is where the highest dose […]
Read MoreLarge B Cell Primary Bone Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma – that was my diagnosis. I thought there was just one Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma – how wrong can you be. Someone told me there are 36 variations of NHL, and yesterday I read that there are 72 – so I don’t know how many there are to be honest. […]
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