do i have lymphoma?

hi ive had severe back pain in and out of hospital for about a year, lost my 21 year old son 6 months ago been feeling terrible since had lots of tests and scans and found my spleen enlarged so i had a PET scan. the results have shown something in my lymthnodes ansd in my bone marrow so now waiting for a bone marrow biopsey. i have been having sweats really very tired havent lost any weight but put a bit on also my blood showing signs of glangler fever a little whie ago which i never knew as u cam imagine my mind going over time as to wether i have lymphoma or not 

  • Hi, I’m so sorry to hear all you have being going through, you must have a lot of stress. As everyone will tell you, we are not doctors and can’t tell you if it’s lymphoma, have you had any biopsies yet? This is the only way they can tell if you have lymphoma, scans tell them what stage you have. I had a biopsy, ct scan, bone marrow biopsy in that order. I lost a lot of weight, had night sweats, fatigue  itching and it was the lump in my neck that the biopsy was taken. I can tell you that the bone marrow biopsy wasn’t as bad as I thought. The nurse that did it was very good and I had no pain at all so I was happy with it. It’s all the waiting that’s the worse. It took around 3 months from me going to my GP to getting treatment for lymphoma. Please keep in touch and let us know how you are doing. Fingers crossed for you x

  • Thankyou so much I’m having bone biopsy on Tuesday already had the PET scan they detected something in my bone marrow and lymph nodes also my spleen still enlarged having the itching sweats feeling tired back ache it’s just the waiting that’s so bad really appreciate ur reply Thankyou x