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End of 2022 update.

5th chemo treatment is a wrap!   I hear you loud and clear! More updates you say...so here is where we are right now.  Present Challenges. Having Stage 4 Cancer is a FULL TIME FRIGGIN JOB. After my original diagnosis, Non Hodgkin's Double Large B Cell Lymphoma, DLBCL for short. I have had the following symptoms relating to the treatment, medications and the cancer. Night Sweats, Hot Flashes, rash and open wounds on my left foot, lack of sleep, muscle aches, backpain, complete numbing of both of my hands, Mouth sores, extreme fatigue, and a level of nauseousness that no one would ever be prepared for. The medication that was prescribed for my hands is not working and sadly, there is nothing else that I am able to take until after the chemo treatments end. SO I am pretty miserable every single day. The PET scan was LIT, and not in a good way!  Several weeks ago I had my second PET scan. It showed that the cancer was out of the spleen and liver, but unfortunately it showed ...