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Chances of recurrence

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My partner could have not responded better to his treatment for non-Hodgkin lymphoma stage IVb. We were over the moon with this news however the consultant (who was extraordinarily rude this morning) just dropped after the results that ‘it will come back, you just have to wait’. No consideration or empathy of any kind. My partner’s face dropped (I did know about recurrence and I did mention it to him briefly) but it has come as a shock to him.

I don’t really know what to expect... we were happy but all that fully faded with such low hopes of being ‘incurable’....

 

anyone that hat has gone through this experience? 

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    Hi Alice 

    Sorry i put that bit down and couldn't remember the rest of it sorry you've joined the club nobody wants to join.alot of C comes back some take years, but non curable means it can still be treated, I'm non curable found my C Feb 2016 still living normal life, remember your C has gone it's got to start again which takes time, you'll still be having tests to check, my C is there all the time, so best wishes.

    Billy 

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    Hi Billy,

    Thank you so much for your response. This is definitely a club none deserves to join, not as a patient and not as a partner of someone with the big C. I’m glad to hear that you are living a normal life, I am sure we will too, it just takes time to get used to the idea of not being done with. I can’t complain, I have seen worse than our case but I am stuck on that never ending question of ‘why him?’. And then I keep thinking that it is not fair. For him, and for you, this should not be happening. Anyway, I wish you all the best for the future and thanks for sharing your experience, it really helps 

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    Hi Alice any time. Like you said it helps to talk or let off steam, hopefully others will join to talk with you,

    Billy 

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