Survivors

Enjoy the stories of both Central Nervous System Lymphoma (CNSL or PCNSL) survivors and caregivers. Each story is personal and powerful, and very little editing has been done to each story.  Of course, each story is only a part of a very complex and intimate journey.

Alisann's Story

May 2013 I felt as though I had a sinus infection. I was light-headed and just not feeling right...

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Chris' Story

It was July, and I was exactly forty-one and a half years old on the day Dr. X walked into the hospital room ...

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George's Story

For almost a year I felt myself getting weaker and less able to do simple chores. I could barely walk across the street and ...

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Jason's Story

That is the break down from my Neurooncologist, Dr. Peereboom at the Cleveland Clinic. My story begins in 1998...

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Marie's Story

These words were written on the last of day of my chemotherapy treatments for PCNSL. I received the cancer diagnosis...

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Nate's Story

I was diagnosed in August of 2007. I was 37 years old, employed as a business analyst by an investment bank in New York City...

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Peter's Story

It is March again. Five years ago in March 2009, I accepted the PhD scholarship offer from UC Davis...

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Rich's Story

Late in June of 2007, my husband Bill and I returned from vacation. Due to dizzy spells that kept me...

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Scott's Story

On January 24th, 2012, I heard the words "Mr. Baker, do you mind if we place an IV in so we can give you some contrast dye?...

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