| How would you describe the 12 months prior to your diagnosis of lymphoma |
| The most stressful year of my life |
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22% |
[ 2 ] |
| Very stressful |
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33% |
[ 3 ] |
| moderately stressful |
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33% |
[ 3 ] |
| a normal year |
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11% |
[ 1 ] |
| A good year with virtually no stress at all |
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0% |
[ 0 ] |
| The best year of my life |
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0% |
[ 0 ] |
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ChemoMan
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 Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 4:27 am Post subject: Poll how stressful was the 12 months prior to diagnosis? |
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Hi All
This question has come up before and I was interested in seeing if there was something to this question : Does stress have a part to play in the development of lymphoma?
For the record I am very skeptical about this.
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Diffuse Large B cell Lymphoma
Stage 2a
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Officially in remission 9th July 2008
Remission confirmed 1st October 2008
Remission confirmed 17 June 2009
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cinnamon
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Joined: 02 Nov 2009
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| Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 8:24 am Post subject: Re: Poll how stressful was the 12 months prior to diagnosis? |
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Not scientific enough myself to say that stress had anything to do with my HL but it was definately an influence in my day to day life, 12 mos. prior to being diagnosed.
-Lost a very good paying job in 2007 due to construction industry demise
-daily grind of making finances work since job loss, although i was able to land another job 3 months later at half the pay rate.
- 2 daughters on college and figuring out finances on that aspect
- 1 daughter misbehavin and givin us (me and the better half) fits.
- The list could go on and on...BUT, keep in mind while this poll is being taken, that I am normally one whom thrives on challenges and turns stress into a challenge. Must be my way of dealing with the day to struggles everyone endures and deals with. |
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Vincera
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Joined: 17 Jun 2009
Posts: 44
Location: USA
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| Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 1:50 pm Post subject: Re: Poll how stressful was the 12 months prior to diagnosis? |
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This is a good poll, if I undersdtood it and its purpose correctly, but it should be rephrased. For instance, I had a lot of physical stress for 2-3 months before I was finally diagnosed with Lymphoma.
So IMHO the poll should read : "Did you have any stress before you started feeling the symptoms of Lymphoma?"
I'm responding to your original poll as if it was asked in the revised form.
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Vincera
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| Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 1:55 pm Post subject: Re: Poll how stressful was the 12 months prior to diagnosis? |
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Also, we need a "control" group. So far 88% of the respondents had some degree of stress during the year prior to the onset of the Lymphoma. However, had they had any stress 5 years before? What about people who hadn't had Lymphoma at all?
How many were stress-free last year in this population?
Anyway, this is a good start.
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61 y.o M, Diffuse large B cell NHL, stage 3. Lower back. Diagnosed Mid May 09. Completed 6 R-CHOP treatments on 9/8/09. In Remission: 10/19/09 |
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