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Cured!!! :D
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On May 15th I got the results of my PET...And cancer is gone!!! So happy in that moment!!
Right now trying to learn to live again and don´t make the same old mistakes.
I´m still on treatment, treatment of my head.
Kiss Kiss Kiss
Want to be my friend? www.facebook.com/Lucibella
Right now trying to learn to live again and don´t make the same old mistakes.
I´m still on treatment, treatment of my head.
Kiss Kiss Kiss
Want to be my friend? www.facebook.com/Lucibella
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April in Neuquen
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What is non-Hodgkin lymphoma?
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (also known as non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, NHL, or sometimes just lymphoma) is a cancer that starts in cells called lymphocytes, which are part of the body's immune system. Lymphocytes are in the lymph nodes and other lymphoid tissues (such as the spleen and bone marrow). These will be described in more detail below.
Some other types of cancer – lung or colon cancers, for example – can spread to lymph tissue such as the lymph nodes. But cancers that start in these places and then spread to the lymph tissue are not lymphomas.
There are 2 main types of lymphomas.
Hodgkin lymphoma (also known as Hodgkin's lymphoma, Hodgkin disease, or Hodgkin's disease), which is named after Dr. Thomas Hodgkin, who first described it
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
These 2 types of lymphomas behave, spread, and respond to treatment differently.
Doctors can usually tell the difference between them by looking at the cancer cells under a microscope. In some cases, sensitive lab tests may be needed to tell them apart.
Hodgkin disease is discussed in a separate American Cancer Society document. We also have other documents that focus on non-Hodgkin lymphoma in children and lymphoma of the skin.
The rest of this document focuses only on non-Hodgkin lymphoma in adults.
The lymph system and lymphoid tissue
To know what lymphoma is, it helps to understand the body's lymph system.
The lymph system (also known as the lymphatic system) is composed mainly of lymphoid tissue, lymph vessels, and a clear fluid called lymph. Lymphoid tissue includes the lymph nodes and related organs that are part of the body's immune and blood-forming systems, such as the spleen and bone marrow.
Lymphocytes
Lymphoid tissue is made up of several types of immune system cells that help the body fight infections. Most of the cells in lymphoid tissue are lymphocytes, a type of white blood cell. The 2 main types of lymphocytes are B lymphocytes (B cells) and T lymphocytes (T cells). Normal B cells and T cells do different jobs within the immune system.
B lymphocytes: B cells normally help protect the body against germs (bacteria or viruses) by making proteins called antibodies. The antibodies attach to the germs, marking them for destruction by other immune system cells. Antibodies also attract certain blood proteins that can kill bacteria.
T lymphocytes: There are several types of T cells, each with a special job. Some T cells can directly destroy cells infected with viruses, fungi, or certain kinds of bacteria. T cells can also release substances that attract other types of white blood cells, which then digest the infected cells. Some types of T cells play a role in either boosting or slowing the activity of other immune system cells.
Both types of lymphocytes can develop into lymphoma cells, but B-cell lymphomas are much more common in the United States than T-cell lymphomas. Different types of lymphoma can develop from each type of lymphocyte, based on how mature the cells are when they become cancerous and other factors.
Treatment for each lymphoma depends on which type it is, so determining the exact type of lymphoma is important.
Organs that have lymphoid tissue
This is why you hadn't see me in a while... I´m fighting against this. This is the last part. I think, and hope, it´s gone. I´ll tell you in about a month.... Wish me luck!!
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (also known as non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, NHL, or sometimes just lymphoma) is a cancer that starts in cells called lymphocytes, which are part of the body's immune system. Lymphocytes are in the lymph nodes and other lymphoid tissues (such as the spleen and bone marrow). These will be described in more detail below.
Some other types of cancer – lung or colon cancers, for example – can spread to lymph tissue such as the lymph nodes. But cancers that start in these places and then spread to the lymph tissue are not lymphomas.
There are 2 main types of lymphomas.
Hodgkin lymphoma (also known as Hodgkin's lymphoma, Hodgkin disease, or Hodgkin's disease), which is named after Dr. Thomas Hodgkin, who first described it
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
These 2 types of lymphomas behave, spread, and respond to treatment differently.
Doctors can usually tell the difference between them by looking at the cancer cells under a microscope. In some cases, sensitive lab tests may be needed to tell them apart.
Hodgkin disease is discussed in a separate American Cancer Society document. We also have other documents that focus on non-Hodgkin lymphoma in children and lymphoma of the skin.
The rest of this document focuses only on non-Hodgkin lymphoma in adults.
The lymph system and lymphoid tissue
To know what lymphoma is, it helps to understand the body's lymph system.
The lymph system (also known as the lymphatic system) is composed mainly of lymphoid tissue, lymph vessels, and a clear fluid called lymph. Lymphoid tissue includes the lymph nodes and related organs that are part of the body's immune and blood-forming systems, such as the spleen and bone marrow.
Lymphocytes
Lymphoid tissue is made up of several types of immune system cells that help the body fight infections. Most of the cells in lymphoid tissue are lymphocytes, a type of white blood cell. The 2 main types of lymphocytes are B lymphocytes (B cells) and T lymphocytes (T cells). Normal B cells and T cells do different jobs within the immune system.
B lymphocytes: B cells normally help protect the body against germs (bacteria or viruses) by making proteins called antibodies. The antibodies attach to the germs, marking them for destruction by other immune system cells. Antibodies also attract certain blood proteins that can kill bacteria.
T lymphocytes: There are several types of T cells, each with a special job. Some T cells can directly destroy cells infected with viruses, fungi, or certain kinds of bacteria. T cells can also release substances that attract other types of white blood cells, which then digest the infected cells. Some types of T cells play a role in either boosting or slowing the activity of other immune system cells.
Both types of lymphocytes can develop into lymphoma cells, but B-cell lymphomas are much more common in the United States than T-cell lymphomas. Different types of lymphoma can develop from each type of lymphocyte, based on how mature the cells are when they become cancerous and other factors.
Treatment for each lymphoma depends on which type it is, so determining the exact type of lymphoma is important.
Organs that have lymphoid tissue
This is why you hadn't see me in a while... I´m fighting against this. This is the last part. I think, and hope, it´s gone. I´ll tell you in about a month.... Wish me luck!!
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Extra...Extra..!!!
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Well... after a long time away from here I have to tell I'm the proud mother of Valentín! A lovely boy who was born on January... (A reeeeally hot month here in Argentina). He is a beautiful chubby baby, already smiling and saying his first..vocals? He´s so cute! tender! Amazing person! I still cant believe the fact that I create a whole new human being! I'm amazed. Our own child is our best creation ever...
So here I am, trying to learn how to be a mother, hugging, breast feeding, kissing and caressing my lovely son.
I want to get back to the image world, so I hope I could spend much more time in front my computer, and of course behind my camera (doing all I can to change it for a newer improved version..) as long as my baby let me...
"Inspiration exists...and it finds you working"
ps: I haven't speak English for a very long time, so please understand my mistakes...
So here I am, trying to learn how to be a mother, hugging, breast feeding, kissing and caressing my lovely son.
I want to get back to the image world, so I hope I could spend much more time in front my computer, and of course behind my camera (doing all I can to change it for a newer improved version..
) as long as my baby let me..."Inspiration exists...and it finds you working"
ps: I haven't speak English for a very long time, so please understand my mistakes...
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It's cold in Argentina
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Im not submitting as much as I want to
There is something really important hapenning in my life (my close friends and family now what am I talking about..), but I dont want to tell here. That´s why, for some months there´ll be not much submision of art. The art Im creating can not be apresiated from a picture, yet...
There is something really important hapenning in my life (my close friends and family now what am I talking about..), but I dont want to tell here. That´s why, for some months there´ll be not much submision of art. The art Im creating can not be apresiated from a picture, yet...
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April's here
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Im not submitting as much as I want to.
March was a quiet month. New ideas are surrounding my head.
I´m trying to focus on the important things of life; my family and my life. My work´s still a concern, but it doesnt eat my head as much as it use to...
I´m also watching a little bit more of the positive side of things. I´m tired of being such a perfeccionist person. I want to be more human and enjoy that fact, get over my mistakes and go on with my life, sometimes learning, sometimes not. But more important living every moment at least a 90% of it.
Lets see what happens...
Home Argentina. Tu pagina de inicio
March was a quiet month. New ideas are surrounding my head.
I´m trying to focus on the important things of life; my family and my life. My work´s still a concern, but it doesnt eat my head as much as it use to...
I´m also watching a little bit more of the positive side of things. I´m tired of being such a perfeccionist person. I want to be more human and enjoy that fact, get over my mistakes and go on with my life, sometimes learning, sometimes not. But more important living every moment at least a 90% of it.
Lets see what happens...
Home Argentina. Tu pagina de inicio
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