Hi All,

Newby here to both the Forum and Hodgkin's...

I was diagnosed Friday 26th March and am waiting my first appointment to tell me just how far along the road I am. Sheeeeeeeeesh that sounds like I'm pregnant lol

I just turned 40 and on top of this my B-Cell count is 42% and T-Cell 58% so I'm a bit of an all round mutt by the sounds...

I was introduced to this forum by a good friend of mine and have been busy reading since and have given myself a crash course in all things Hodgkin's thanx to here, The Leukaemia Foundation and Google and now have a fairly basic understanding of what's going on inside my body.

I guess for me the diagnosis was in some ways a relief in that I wasn't "imagining" the things that didn't seem quite right within myself and shock because while I knew there was something wrong I never imagined that cancer was involved. Especially since my father is also battling cancer (Adenocarcinoma) obviously a different and much more aggressive type but still a cancer that has attacked his lymph nodes amongst other places... This led to a fair amount of stress because mine were swollen for quite some time without abating and the Docs had told me I just had a bad flu and not to worry.

Anyways that's a little about me. I'd like to thank everyone here for your open comments about yourselves and the invaluable first hand experiences you have written about.

Regards

Anthony aka Googs

Welcome to the website my friend.

Thought I would get in first.

I can remember when this forum just started. The beauty of the internet is that forums like this can allow people to connect regardless of distances.

I think these forums are very good for general Q&A on issues (food, fitness etc etc) as we begin our journey.

I have found the people here (Leuk Foundation) and forum users to be outstanding. Also this being a locally based forum means terms & jargon used is similar.

Always there for you....for a chat, beer, advice.

Andy
dx March 04 (age 33)
CML
PCRU