Lymphoma and symptoms
I have read, with keen interest, comments related to lymphoma diagnosis and symptoms.
My lymphoma diagnosis was Stage IV non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. At no time, either at time of diagnosis or during radioimmunotherapy treatment, did I have pain---not even the slightest discomfort.
A key function of the oncologist is to determine whether the lymphoma patient's pain (or other symptoms) is due to the lymphoma or due to some other malady. If the discomfort is due to the lymphoma, then there are effective treatment options available to that patient.
In my mind, speaking as a patient, acute pain requires ongoing, even repetitive, investigation. On the other hand, chronic pain is a disease unto itself.
Mort