My Hodgkin's story

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  • Checking in

    swift_dc
    I haven't written anything this month. I have started to feel much better and I think mentally I have made a lot of progress since my last appointment. I haven't felt discomfort in my leg and I haven't had many intrusive thoughts since. I feel like g...

  • The emotional tolls of sharing

    swift_dc
    Haven't been around here much this last few weeks. Busy with 2 different international work trips in the last 3 weeks. One of them involved meeting a lot of work colleagues who in some cases had not seen F2F since the start of treatment. Some of ...

  • Appointment - Useless? Does it have to be useful?

    swift_dc
    So today was my 3-month appointment. It looks like I've moved into the B-team of lymphoma patients and from now on appointments will be every four months instead of three.  Met a different doctor today who I never met before, not sure if this is...

  • Appointment - review week

    swift_dc
    Haven't written anything this month. Been busier at work, Champions League and other football events have taken up many of my evenings, I went home for Easter and I also needed a little break from checking this website on a daily basis. I am plan...

  • 'You are only as good as your last scan / test' and other bits

    swift_dc
    Exactly 365 (or 366) days ago I was at the chemo ward ready to get that first dose of doxorubicin, cyclophosphamide and the other bits. It was my girlfriend birthday and that's how we spent her special day.  So, it's now been a litt...
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