In July 1988, I was diagnosed with a combination of Large Cell Lymphoma and Lymphocite Predominant Hodgkin's. After 7 months of modified CHOP (doses were increase and high dose Methotrexate was added), I went through 4 weeks (20 treatments) of radiation.
During my radiation treatment, the radiologist requested the original slides from a lymph node biopsy I had in December, 1965 (I was 15). It was diagnosed at the Stanford pathology lab as Large Cell lymphoma.
Since them, I have contracted thrombocytopenea and, after going through prednisone and Rituxen therapies, the doctors removed my spleen in March 2008. I have also had several basel cell carcinomas over the last 10 years (all within the target area of the radiation).
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