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  • LiGhT At ThE EnD Of ThE TuNNeL??

    FormerMember
    FormerMember

    hey all

    well mum got a phonecall from the hospital today which was going to arrange a pet scan for her after the news the other day, and to let her know what treatment the docs were planning for her now after their meeting today.

    however.....mum came off the phone and burst into tears saying "they think i might not need anymore chemo".. turns out they THINK the area they are seeing on her recent scan is scar tissue…

  • Not so good news

    FormerMember
    FormerMember

    well mum got the results of her scan last week and it showed the tumour in her chest had shrunk by another centimetre only in the last 12 weeks. they are talking about now giving her a few more chemo sessions and some radiotherapy. the tumour is now down to 5cm by 3cm compared to original 10cmx10cm. i am so worried she is not going to get rid of this.

     

    the chemo worked amazingly in the first four sessions, but seems…

  • can any1 shed some light...

    FormerMember
    FormerMember

    ai forgot to say that also mum has had really really sore stiff arms and finds it hard to use them or lift anything heavy, is this a common side affect of abvd? any ideas? x x

    night everyone x

  • just letting off some steam x

    FormerMember
    FormerMember

    i havent been on in a wee while have been really busy...

    mum finished her chemo two weeks ago and had a scan on friday there, we are awaiting the results. her last scan after four chemo sessions showed her tumour in her chest had shurnk by almost half. shes had twelve now, i am hoping and praying for her sake that it is all away now , i really really want this to be over for her, its been a long hard slog and the chemo…

  • Amazing News Everybody!!!

    FormerMember
    FormerMember
    hi all well as you know already mum has to have 6 months of abvd for hodgkins lymphoma stage 2b with a large chest tumour tomorrow she has her 6th session which is her now half way through she went for her usual check up and blood tests etc today, and got the results of her recent PET scan- great news! the chemo is working and the doctors said with a big smile that they were "very pleased" with mums scan results. so…