please help!! - Lymphomas Message Board

brid · 12-18-2005, 03:24 PM

Around 4 month ago i had a huge bump in my right arm, look just like a fried egg,itchy at the beggining, then very hot and painfull, it growed in a day.. 5 days later, statr decreasing, but having a new one, big, painfull, hot, different shap, same arm, start to go away that one, the a new one in the upper arm..etc.. and so and so, doctors gave me antibiotics..imont and a half late had it in my back,right side,and suddenly lots of pain aroung right side of my chest and temperature, went to emergency room, had a cat sacan, i had a pleural hemorragy and sometunig on my lung, got temeprature,, about 38 c..got surgery,thoracotomy.. my blood test hig eosinophilos,white blood cells,etc.. after the surgery,blood tests back to normal.. it has been almost 2 month and a half since the operation and still have fevers,,,re-started a week after the surgery, with my eosinophilos back to a little hig the biopsy showed neumonitis, no malignant cells and an infection either bacteria or parasite. with lots of eosinophilos . i took 2 weeks of albendazole,, (for parasites) my eosinophilos are normal now.. some weeks goes to 37.6, some 27.3, today again i had 37.6, i have had all kind of blood test , every week, they are normal, i had mono test, ana test,pcr, acid urine, everything, all normal..i have a allergy in my skin,was very itchy, ow i take allegra 180 fot 20 days now , less itchy but rash doesnt go away,is like a dermatitis..had a mamogram on friday and lymph node were a little big, 12 mm, on my right side of neck too, went back to 3 doctors and told them about lymphoma or hodgkins disease and they said they dont think so, and since the linf node is not big enough to lets wait, i am very anxious with the temperature thing, rash , and pain and sensation of dizziness on my legs..with some tinglins.. i dont sweat but lately wehen i wake up in the mornings,i feel hot..can someone give me some advice? i am very very anxious.. i want to have the needle biopsy,it tells about lymphoma and hodgkins disease? can it be done with local anesia?? it hurts a lot? thanls a lot!

Merimac · 12-18-2005, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by brid

Around 4 month ago i had a huge bump in my right arm, look just like a fried egg,itchy at the beggining, then very hot and painfull, it growed in a day.. 5 days later, statr decreasing, but having a new one, big, painfull, hot, different shap, same arm, start to go away that one, the a new one in the upper arm..etc.. and so and so, doctors gave me antibiotics..imont and a half late had it in my back,right side,and suddenly lots of pain aroung right side of my chest and temperature, went to emergency room, had a cat sacan, i had a pleural hemorragy and sometunig on my lung, got temeprature,, about 38 c..got surgery,thoracotomy.. my blood test hig eosinophilos,white blood cells,etc.. after the surgery,blood tests back to normal.. it has been almost 2 month and a half since the operation and still have fevers,,,re-started a week after the surgery, with my eosinophilos back to a little hig the biopsy showed neumonitis, no malignant cells and an infection either bacteria or parasite. with lots of eosinophilos . i took 2 weeks of albendazole,, (for parasites) my eosinophilos are normal now.. some weeks goes to 37.6, some 27.3, today again i had 37.6, i have had all kind of blood test , every week, they are normal, i had mono test, ana test,pcr, acid urine, everything, all normal..i have a allergy in my skin,was very itchy, ow i take allegra 180 fot 20 days now , less itchy but rash doesnt go away,is like a dermatitis..had a mamogram on friday and lymph node were a little big, 12 mm, on my right side of neck too, went back to 3 doctors and told them about lymphoma or hodgkins disease and they said they dont think so, and since the linf node is not big enough to lets wait, i am very anxious with the temperature thing, rash , and pain and sensation of dizziness on my legs..with some tinglins.. i dont sweat but lately wehen i wake up in the mornings,i feel hot..can someone give me some advice? i am very very anxious.. i want to have the needle biopsy,it tells about lymphoma and hodgkins disease? can it be done with local anesia?? it hurts a lot? thanls a lot!

The doctors are in a better place to tell you what is going on than any one here. The lymph node biopsy done by needle is not as accurate as the removal of the entire lymph node. The needle biopsy is done with numbing of the surface of the skin if the lymph node is on the surface of your body. If the lymph nodes are deeper in the body they sometimes have to do the surgery with you asleep. Either way it is not a pleasant thing to do and should be a call that is made by the doctor who is treating you.

brid · 12-18-2005, 07:54 PM

Thanks for your response! when they remove the lymph node, it is to painfull? do i have to stay in bed many days? i have active work.. you think 3 days later i will be fine ready to work? do they do that with local anestesia? thanks a lot!

Debbiefix · 12-19-2005, 05:26 AM

When I had my biopsy, I was under versaid (spelling?) and morphine. They said it was like a twilight sleep. I don't remember anything. It took about 15 minutes. I had no pain afterward and went to work the next day. I never felt anything but the tape sticking to me. It was done at the hospital as outpatient surgery.

brid · 12-19-2005, 07:14 PM

thankyou!!i just come from the oncologist, he suspects i might have lymphoma, i am having several cat scans on wednesday,from head to toe,he will find the abnormal lymph nodes and see wether i need biopsy and in which one... did you have that done? what was your diagnosis? i am really scare!!! thank you