Starting Treatment 27th December 2018

Congratulations, Nicky!   You've been an inspiration, especially working so hard throughout.  Hope your scan is clear amd everything stays nicely in remission. 

It's a kind of half hearted bank holiday in Scotland and the current arctic blasts mean only the hardiest souls head for our lovely beaches.  No snow yet though....

C

Just down the A9 from us at Loch Morlich

Looks nice from way down south Mike, Personally I dislike snow, having to help my dad when I was a child dig out his car every morning. nowadays when we get an 1/8th of an inch everything grinds to a halt.

Lol Peter, it’s a standing joke in our family for a few years.

Youngest daughter stayed in the West Midlands for a few years after they got married and she could not believe the ‘panic’ a 1/2in of snow would bring.

Now moved back up to the Highlands, her husband and our granddaughter are living the dream. Yes we are well set up for most things that come along, but just took the winter tyres off my car a few weeks back.....grrr

There is something magical about Highland winters, we back onto a forest and if we walk all the way through it we arrive at Culloden Battlefield   

During the hard frosts all the tall trees are pure white and the air has a invigorating edge to it...... but snow in May - it’s not on.

Missed this good luck Nicky hope you get the results we all want

Your just behind me my scan is booked for the 20th of May so just 2 weeks to go then the consultation on the 4th June 

Good luck everybody 

Best of luck Nicky!  

Hi Clerker

First sorry for my tardy replies, I'm not on the computer a ton the best of time, and I too was out of town getting round two of bendamustine and rituximab.   I too thought my voice was a bit hoarse, but nothing too serious.  

Cheers  Wayne  thanks  all the best  nicky hope you  get  sorted  asap rounds 3 for me Wednesday  antibody  which to be fair ent to bad jjust a few pins and  needles so onwards  we go cheers  everyone  

Best of luck Clerker! 

You just get the antibody this round?  I think my treatment is to get both the chemo (bendamustine) and the antibody (rituximab) once a month for six months.  Is the Canadian model maybe slightly different than the UK model?  Lots of you guys are talking about at PT scan at six months, I am pretty sure I get a CT scan at 4 months.  Having said that, I have no idea if a clear scan at 4 months would shorten my treatment.  I will have to ask a few more questions of my oncologist! 

Thanks for all the info.

Wayne

Hi Wayne,

once you finish your combination treatment of bendamustine and rituximab, you will almost certainly then move onto the 2 year maintenance treatment which is just the rituximab.

i had a scan midway through my 6 cycles of chemo, and then again was the big one at the end of the 6 months.

regards