Tips for others on how to deal with the physical side effects of chemo/cancer:
Neulasta-premedicate with aleve 2 hours prior to injection. Take the zofran so you can keep eatting and drinking. When your body says go to bed, go to bed. Eat yogurt-choibani has tons of protein and easy to tolerate..great for gut and vaginal problems.

Tips for others on how to deal with the mental struggles of chemo/cancer:
Allow yourself to feel it. Grieve it. Journal it, talk to people who have been through it. Ask for meds to help get you through like xanax for anxiety or antidressants. Take care of yourself and take one day at a time.

Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Symptoms:

Fatigue, shortness of breath, abdominal pain and fullness.

Surgery Description, Dates & Side Effects:

Lymph node removal right neck. Smooth surgery. No problems. 5/2011

Chemotherapy Description, Dates & Side Effects:

R-Chop-6 cycles. I had one treatment of Treanda and Rituxan before my second biopsy confirmed the presence of b-cell lymphoma, then it changed to 6 cycles of R-Chop. Started treatment in June and ended Oct. 27, 2011. Now receiving 2 years or Rituxan every other month.
Side effects were fatigue, nausea, change in taste , diarrhea, bloating and weight gain from prednisone..anxiety..immune suppression that lead to infections towards the end-staph infection in my face and uti-had to reduce the days I was working due to the immunesuppression.

Immune Therapy Description, Dates & Side Effects:

Received Neulasta after each chemo treatment..bone pain and fatigue.