https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/my-hodgkin-s-story/atomTelligent Community (Build: 12.1.2.21912)2024-12-09T23:22:50Zhttps://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/my-hodgkin-s-story/posts/checking-in-reflections-post-summer2025-09-22T17:45:33Z2025-09-22T17:45:33ZIt has almost been three months since my last post, wow! I haven&#39;t been that active this Summer. The rest of the year you spend more time at home, more time inside, and I think you generally lean more towards spending more time in front of the sc...(<a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/my-hodgkin-s-story/posts/checking-in-reflections-post-summer">read more</a>)<img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=722673&AppID=42010&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">swift_dchttps://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/022783280fa84adda15980ad219440fchttps://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/my-hodgkin-s-story/posts/checking-in2025-06-25T14:49:16Z2025-06-25T14:49:16ZI haven&#39;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&#39;t felt discomfort in my leg and I haven&#39;t had many intrusive thoughts since. I feel like g...(<a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/my-hodgkin-s-story/posts/checking-in">read more</a>)<img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=722236&AppID=42010&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">swift_dchttps://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/022783280fa84adda15980ad219440fchttps://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/my-hodgkin-s-story/posts/the-emotional-tolls-of-sharing2025-05-27T23:20:13Z2025-05-27T23:20:13ZHaven&#39;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 ...(<a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/my-hodgkin-s-story/posts/the-emotional-tolls-of-sharing">read more</a>)<img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=722180&AppID=42010&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">swift_dchttps://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/022783280fa84adda15980ad219440fchttps://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/my-hodgkin-s-story/posts/appointment---useless-does-it-have-to-be-useful2025-04-30T10:54:13Z2025-04-30T10:54:13ZSo today was my 3-month appointment. It looks like I&#39;ve moved into the B-team of lymphoma patients and from now on appointments will be every four months instead of three.&nbsp; Met a different doctor today who I never met before, not sure if this is...(<a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/my-hodgkin-s-story/posts/appointment---useless-does-it-have-to-be-useful">read more</a>)<img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=722115&AppID=42010&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">swift_dchttps://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/022783280fa84adda15980ad219440fchttps://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/my-hodgkin-s-story/posts/appointment---review-week2025-04-28T08:06:09Z2025-04-28T08:06:09ZHaven&#39;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...(<a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/my-hodgkin-s-story/posts/appointment---review-week">read more</a>)<img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=722106&AppID=42010&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">swift_dchttps://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/022783280fa84adda15980ad219440fchttps://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/my-hodgkin-s-story/posts/you-are-only-as-good-as-your-last-scan-test-and-other-bits2025-03-25T13:14:05Z2025-03-25T13:14:05ZExactly 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&#39;s how we spent her special day.&nbsp; So, it&#39;s now been&nbsp;a litt...(<a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/my-hodgkin-s-story/posts/you-are-only-as-good-as-your-last-scan-test-and-other-bits">read more</a>)<img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=722012&AppID=42010&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">swift_dchttps://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/022783280fa84adda15980ad219440fchttps://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/my-hodgkin-s-story/posts/i-still-don-t-look-the-same2025-03-20T10:54:20Z2025-03-20T10:54:20ZThis is what I told my girlfriend last week while I was scrolling through&nbsp;some of the pictures we took. We went on holidays to the Canary Islands, so obvs loads of sun, warm days and nice scenery. I rarely upload pictures of myself on social med...(<a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/my-hodgkin-s-story/posts/i-still-don-t-look-the-same">read more</a>)<img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=722004&AppID=42010&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">swift_dchttps://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/022783280fa84adda15980ad219440fchttps://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/my-hodgkin-s-story/posts/small-pleasures-now-irrelevant-routines-before2025-02-25T15:27:52Z2025-02-25T15:27:52ZI&#39;ve met a few people with cancer over the years. One thing&nbsp;I have sort of realised over the years is how&nbsp;many of these people&nbsp;appreciate the small moments of life and value the day-to-day in a different way compared to the rest of the...(<a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/my-hodgkin-s-story/posts/small-pleasures-now-irrelevant-routines-before">read more</a>)<img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=721980&AppID=42010&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">swift_dchttps://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/022783280fa84adda15980ad219440fchttps://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/my-hodgkin-s-story/posts/sport-and-exercise-during-and-after-treatment2025-02-16T23:52:37Z2025-02-16T23:52:37ZToday I wanted to write about exercise during and after treatment. I realise that energy and exercise go hand in hand but I am trying to focus this on the sports side of things rather than the energy levels. Again after having a scan of what I have w...(<a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/my-hodgkin-s-story/posts/sport-and-exercise-during-and-after-treatment">read more</a>)<img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=721965&AppID=42010&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">swift_dchttps://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/022783280fa84adda15980ad219440fchttps://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/my-hodgkin-s-story/posts/the-little-things-that-annoy-you---routine-rant2025-01-27T13:51:17Z2025-01-27T13:51:17ZI am a very calm and patient person, however since I started this cancer &#39;journey&#39; there are a bunch of things, particularly admin stuff from the NHS, that really get on my nerves. Getting from sympton to haematology referral took a long time...(<a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/my-hodgkin-s-story/posts/the-little-things-that-annoy-you---routine-rant">read more</a>)<img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=721925&AppID=42010&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">swift_dchttps://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/022783280fa84adda15980ad219440fchttps://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/my-hodgkin-s-story/posts/the-2nd-cycle-apr-20242025-01-23T18:24:24Z2025-01-23T18:24:24ZTrying to continue with the original timeline I had in mind... I remember recovering pretty well on the &#39;off-week&#39; of my first cycle. That weekend I managed to go for a few walks with my girlfriend and felt that somehow I was almost as normal...(<a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/my-hodgkin-s-story/posts/the-2nd-cycle-apr-2024">read more</a>)<img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=721922&AppID=42010&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">swift_dchttps://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/022783280fa84adda15980ad219440fchttps://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/my-hodgkin-s-story/posts/ranting-time---when-diagnosis-takes-too-long-and-other-stories2025-01-14T12:23:03Z2025-01-14T12:23:03ZThis morning I opened the BBC website and found this article&nbsp;<a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdd026lgmdmo">GPs turn to AI to help with patient workload - BBC News</a> Obviously a hot topic this week as the PM talked about how AI is going to help the UK and the NHS and what not... Will not get i...(<a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/my-hodgkin-s-story/posts/ranting-time---when-diagnosis-takes-too-long-and-other-stories">read more</a>)<img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=721909&AppID=42010&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">swift_dchttps://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/022783280fa84adda15980ad219440fchttps://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/my-hodgkin-s-story/posts/the-b-and-the-o-second-and-third-weeks-of-beacoppdac-cycle-12025-01-08T20:05:33Z2025-01-08T20:05:33ZI have been on holidays and enjoying the Christmas period so wasn&rsquo;t in the mood to write anything. Quite a difference compared to a year ago. Due to lack of movement with my GP and being refused a CT scan in A&amp;E in early Dec 2023 (another G...(<a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/my-hodgkin-s-story/posts/the-b-and-the-o-second-and-third-weeks-of-beacoppdac-cycle-1">read more</a>)<img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=721899&AppID=42010&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">swift_dchttps://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/022783280fa84adda15980ad219440fchttps://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/my-hodgkin-s-story/posts/the-start-of-chemo---getting-to-know-the-e-a-c-p-and-dac-in-beacopdac2024-12-12T16:00:25Z2024-12-12T16:00:25ZThis is about the first few days of chemo. I will try to be very detailed and a bit explicit with some stuff. Before I got chemo I didn&rsquo;t want to read or know anything about what the expect, so if you are reading this and think the same way, pr...(<a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/my-hodgkin-s-story/posts/the-start-of-chemo---getting-to-know-the-e-a-c-p-and-dac-in-beacopdac">read more</a>)<img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=721868&AppID=42010&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">swift_dchttps://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/022783280fa84adda15980ad219440fchttps://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/my-hodgkin-s-story/posts/the-days-leading-up-to-the-start-of-chemo2024-12-09T23:22:50Z2024-12-09T23:22:50ZSo, this entry is about the days leading to the start of the chemo. I am writing the entries in a very casual way just as thoughts come through. It must be a bit annoying to read but I think this is the best way I can fully express what was going thr...(<a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/my-hodgkin-s-story/posts/the-days-leading-up-to-the-start-of-chemo">read more</a>)<img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=721864&AppID=42010&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">swift_dchttps://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/022783280fa84adda15980ad219440fc