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ABVD chemotherapy
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autologous stem cell transplant
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Re: not responding well to abvd
Posted by
tinnedfruit
Posted
2 months ago
ABVD did give me the usual ill-effects (weakness, fatigue, loss of taste / appetite, sore mouth, hair loss, wrinkling and darkening of skin and nails etc) but the 'B' (Bleomycin) so badly scarred my lungs after the 4th dose that breathing became painful and laboured even after a short walk. My...
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Re: results after 6 months of abvd
Posted by
tinnedfruit
Posted
over 2 years ago
Great. I have walked down this path and also underwent autologous blood stem cell rescue. Latest scan 2 weeks ago showed no evidence of disease and in order to avoid radiation exposure, my doc says that in future only routine physical exams, blood tests and maybe ad odd MRI will do. Off for a well-deserved...
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In remission
Posted by
tinnedfruit
Posted
over 3 years ago
Hi The PET/CT scan of 23 Nov was clean and the docs have cautiously declared me to be in remission. They also bombarded me with statistical data and convinced me that the high dose chemotherapy and blood stem cell transplant is worth going for despite the risks and costs! Presently off all medication...
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Re: worrying wife
Posted by
tinnedfruit
Posted
over 3 years ago
Hi I was diagnosed with Stage 4-B in Jan, and after 12 doses (6 cycles) of ABVD, the disease remained. I just finished 3 cycles of MINE salvage chemotherapy. A PET-CT scan scheduled for end Nov should hopefully give me an all-clear. All these months, I have had very low energy, nausea, loss of hair...
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Re: Relapse in Hodgkin's Lymphoma
Posted by
tinnedfruit
Posted
over 3 years ago
Hi Rather than wait, I would advise you to get a scan, if I am not wrong, blood tests can sometimes fail to detect a relapse. I was diagnosed with HL in Jan and after 12 doses of ABVD failed to clear the disease in Aug, I am now due for my 3rd and final cycle of MINE salvage regimen next week,...
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