Lymphoma?

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Hi Everyone,

I'm in my 11th week of abx, and am still symptom free...............however,

I did run into a little complication at school. The school nurse was

helping me change the dressing on my picc line...............it was so

entangled with the tape, she pulled out a pair of scissors.............you

guessed it............she cut the line!! To make a long story

short...........I have a new picc-line...and I must say a very sore arm.

I have a question for the group....those of you that were misdx with

Lymphoma, did your doctor make that decision from looking at a biopsy from

your lymph glands? If so which lymph gland was biopsied? Thanks so much

for you responses, I have a friend who's mother definitely has Cat Scratch

Disease, and is being checked for lyme (by a llmd)..........she had a biopsy

done of her lymph gland in her neck...........the surgeon definitely said

lymphoma...........before the biopsy was even back from the

lab...........the family is very upset...............can the glands be so

infected with bacteria, that it looks cancerous??

Thanks ahead of time for you replies.............Connie nwnj

[Guest guest]

Connie,

nne again. I just saw your second e-mail. My gland was protruding out of

the side of my neck. I thought I had lymphoma. It was awful looking. They did

ask me if I had a cat, but never checked me for

that other illness. I was told their " opinion " of lymphoma. I also was very

upset, considering I have two small children. I hope all goes well with your

friend

nne

Thanks for the welcome Connie!

ConnieK wrote:

> Hi Everyone,

> I'm in my 11th week of abx, and am still symptom free...............however,

> I did run into a little complication at school. The school nurse was

> helping me change the dressing on my picc line...............it was so

> entangled with the tape, she pulled out a pair of scissors.............you

> guessed it............she cut the line!! To make a long story

> short...........I have a new picc-line...and I must say a very sore arm.

>

> I have a question for the group....those of you that were misdx with

> Lymphoma, did your doctor make that decision from looking at a biopsy from

> your lymph glands? If so which lymph gland was biopsied? Thanks so much

> for you responses, I have a friend who's mother definitely has Cat Scratch

> Disease, and is being checked for lyme (by a llmd)..........she had a biopsy

> done of her lymph gland in her neck...........the surgeon definitely said

> lymphoma...........before the biopsy was even back from the

> lab...........the family is very upset...............can the glands be so

> infected with bacteria, that it looks cancerous??

> Thanks ahead of time for you replies.............Connie nwnj

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[Guest guest]

Connie,

I had a hug lymph node at the edge of my breast, just after being diagnosed

with Lyme. The doctor also though lymphoma, especially since my white blood

count was also so low, but the biopsy came back as a " reactive lymph node " .

They refused to test it for Bb, which I asked them to do. I also asked if I

could have the lymph node or a piece of it, also refused. Just wanted to let

you know, since then I've had several lumps, that were scary - all are just

reactive lymph nodes. I can't remember where I read it, but Bb likes to hang

out in lymph nodes, scar tissue, etc. So to answer your question, about it

looking like lymphoma I say definitely yes - the doctor's should never jump

to such drastic conclusions BEFORE the biopsy. They had me scared too death.

Hope this helps. Sorry you had to go through getting another PICC line, hope

all is well now. Vicki, Md

>

>I have a question for the group....those of you that were misdx with

>Lymphoma, did your doctor make that decision from looking at a biopsy from

>your lymph glands? If so which lymph gland was biopsied? Thanks so much

>for you responses, I have a friend who's mother definitely has Cat Scratch

>Disease, and is being checked for lyme (by a llmd)..........she had a

biopsy

>done of her lymph gland in her neck...........the surgeon definitely said

>lymphoma...........before the biopsy was even back from the

>lab...........the family is very upset...............can the glands be so

>infected with bacteria, that it looks cancerous??

>Thanks ahead of time for you replies.............Connie nwnj

>

[Guest guest]

Connie,

I've had swollen glands bigger than golf balls under my arms and around the

base of my neck. My doctor always thought they were herx related and they

eventually went away.

Good luck,

beth (SF)