[kidsandliz]

Hi

I am in the middle of a follicular non hodgkin's lymphoma cancer diagnosis. They did a bone marrow biopsy last Tuesday and it came back that I had hypocellular trilineage marrow with 10-20% cellularity. I am presuming that means failure of all three lines and if you go by 100-age, I should be 44%. I had read elsewhere that under 30 for my age (56), is cause for concern.

So does anyone know if non-hodgkins lymphoma can cause this or am I probably dealing with 2 different problems?

Also with cellularity levels this low, what is normally done? My blood work is "off" a bit, but not spectacularly so.

In the last month I have gotten progressively more tired, have a chronic "fuzzy" headache and always feel like I am about ready to come down with something. Now that being said, it could also be lymphoma symptoms as it can cause fatigue as well.

The wait to see my oncologist is way too long for my mental health and sanity. I'd eat lots of chocolate to cope but the nausea (lymphoma symptom) prevents that - just when I had a good excuse <grin>.

Since I seem to have misplaced my magic wand LOL, any help is appreciated in understanding how, if at all, these two are linked, what one does for the marrow levels this low, if anyone knows if you can be treated for both conditions at once or how treatment for one impacts the other...

Thanks,
Liz
breast cancer 2010, 2003 (both sides no chemo either time due to caught early), very early colon cancer 2010, now this Oct 2010. I am so done with cancers and new health problems!!!