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Interview 12
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Felt so shocked and numb that she couldn't take in everything the doctor was saying about the diagnosis, so initially feared the worst.
Diagnosed with Hodgkin's Disease in 1998 after losing weight and finding a lump in her neck. Treatment was chemotherapy followed by radiotherapy to her chest, which put her into remission.
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Interview 37
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When told her diagnosis she felt 'trapped behind a brick wall' unable to find a way through and was anxious to get home to explain it to her family.
She was diagnosed with a gastric non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in 2001 after experiencing rapid weight loss and a bout of vomiting. A course of chemotherapy put her into remission.
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Interview 16
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Had been geared up to have treatment so was shocked to be told he would be put on watch and wait instead and said it just didn't seem right.
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma diagnosed in 1997 after finding a lump in his neck. 'Watch and wait' policy adopted. Later treated with various chemotherapies, a stem cell transplant, and a radiolabelled monoclonal antibody. Now offered a cord blood transplant.
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Interview 14
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Counselling when her treatment finished helped her to deal with her feelings about the illness and the shock of no longer needing to go to the hospita
Diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma in 2003 following tiredness and weight loss. Treated with various chemotherapies. Consistently low blood cell counts led to a splenectomy, resulting in remission.
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Interview 29
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Was shocked to read a low estimate of her life expectancy in a book in her GP's waiting room; realises that she remained vulnerable despite a confiden
Was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in 1985 after finding a lump in her neck. Four sessions of chemotherapy put her in remission. She has been well ever since.
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