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  • Dec 20, 2011, 06:50 PM
    anitatibbs1971
    Advice to help my daughter.
    Hello everyone.
    Before you critasize, I've taught my daughter well, she is well behaved, but the problem has just began..
    She's been diagnosed with Lymphoma, She's 15.
    She is in love with her ex, they still talk almost everyday.
    Lastnight he called her lastnight not even 10 minutes of being admitted to the hospital saying he was leaving in 2 weeks for the marines... (training).
    Id give up everything for my daughter, but she told me god chose her path.
    She's truly a wreck. I'm super supportive towards her, she does know that. I've baught flowers, choclates... Etc. Nothing is helping.. I'm truly scared.
  • Dec 20, 2011, 06:57 PM
    Wondergirl
    I'm so sorry to hear this! It sounds like Mom definitely needs help, since she needs to be there as a rock for her daughter.

    Has a treatment plan been set up yet?
  • Dec 20, 2011, 07:13 PM
    anitatibbs1971
    Chemo, is a option. But, she refuses, so were waiting for other plans.
  • Dec 20, 2011, 07:15 PM
    Wondergirl
    Do you know what stage it is? What about radiation? Why is she refusing chemo?
  • Dec 20, 2011, 07:17 PM
    anitatibbs1971
    Stage 2.
    Like all girls... she doesn't want to lose her hair.
    Her best friend has cervical cancer, so she's been a lot of help.
  • Dec 20, 2011, 07:21 PM
    Wondergirl
    She knows her hair will grow back, right? Has radiation been mentioned?
  • Dec 20, 2011, 07:21 PM
    anitatibbs1971
    Also her cousin passed away in November, (teen, carwreck).
    She's been upset over that too..
  • Dec 20, 2011, 07:27 PM
    Wondergirl
    I'm so sorry to hear that too -- a double whammy.

    Is this Hodgkins or non-Hodgkins lymphoma?
  • Dec 21, 2011, 07:31 PM
    anitatibbs1971
    Sadly, Hodgkins.
  • Dec 21, 2011, 08:04 PM
    Wondergirl
    The oncologists have strongly recommended chemo?

    (I'm a breast cancer survivor, so have walked through that jungle.)

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