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College students, How do you explain what you went through when you return to school after a year of chemo, a transplant, and weeks at a time in the ICU? I always feel like a buzz kill talking about it and I don't want people's pity but I also don't want to lie about why I was gone for a whole year...

Topic: Acute Myeloid Leukemia

by trevor Aug 28 2011 4:01pm
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Acute Myeloid Leukemia

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I had AML M2 with a Bone Marrow Transplant in January 2012 as a "cure". While I have overcome the AML, I am having such a hard time with body image, feeling like total shite, and just overall being unhappy. I may be depressed, but the biggest thing is trying not to look at my past, and say "well, I used to be able to..." Is anyone else out there having something similar? I have had no one to speak to since the transplant, and have no one who can understand this whole world of cancer and treatment.
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Long term side effects, what are some of the ones you deal with now? I am currently, 7 years post treatment and was told they last up to 25 years. The biggest long term side effect that I am dealing with is cerebellum atrophy.
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I am taking ATRA for AML-APL-M3. Has anyone has the side effect of diffuse sweating. I have just started taking the drug again and I need to take it for the next year. One week on and one week off. I can not image sweating constantly for the next year. It is so much WORSE than the Hot Flashes of menopause
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I get ill from ATRA, does anyone have suggestions?
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bone pain
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College students, How do you explain what you went through when you return to school after a year of chemo, a transplant, and weeks at a time in the ICU? I always feel like a buzz kill talking about it and I don't want people's pity but I also don't want to lie about why I was gone for a whole year...
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