DAY +52 : Prognosis

I went to SJMC to have the flushing on my PICC, currently I need to flush my PICC with heparin twice a week to prevent the pipe getting block.

People with cancer will always ask this question, how is my prognosis. According to statistic by US, for Non Hogkin Lympoma (NHL), one year relative survival is 81%, 5 year survival 63% . 10 years after diagnosis with NHL survival rate declined to 49%.

Today, I met a young Leukaemia patient, he have two time transplant in a year. The deases replased after three months of transplant. He went for second mini transplant and currently the bloods count back to normal.