Thanks to Thehighlander I’ve found my way here, not had time to read much yet but I will. My husband has kidney cancer and is having yearly CT scans, that’s where the lymph nodes in his groin was noticed, I’m thinking they’ve been keeping an eye on...
Hi I'm currently in remission from NHFL since April this year I'm about to have number 4 of 12 Rituximab maintenance therapy but really struggling with fatigue I've never agreed with 'energy drinks' but now seriously considering trying some! My...
Diagnosed with Stage IV Follicular B Cell Non Hodgkins low grade 2 in January. Spleen is moderately enlarged. On watch and wait with no symptoms. Over the last month I have developed a gurgling in my abdomen similar to your stomach growling when you are...
Hi all, hope you are all as well as u can be today! Just found out that they are probably gonna have to treat me with Rituximab and Bendomustine deep joy!! As my friend lumpy tumour is expanding the wrong way into my organs!! Just my luck to have a stoopid...
Hi all, awhile since I've been on here. I have now finished my 6 monthly cycles of treatment for NHL Bendamustine with Rituzimab. All has gone remarkably well and consultant is very pleased with result of the end of treatment scan which shows virtually...
It's been nearly 8 months since diagnosis and 4 weeks since getting treatment. I've had to realise a few things...that I cannot go back to what I was doing before, that this cancer is not going away and so much has to change... There are days I wonder...
The IV site was the top of my right forearm. When the nurse injected the pre-meds, they burned more than usual. The ativan burned more and I thought it was because she was injecting it too fast (she usually does it slowly because…it burns). But, the Benadryl...
Due to the bad reaction that I had to Ritux during my first infusion, I was quite nervous. They planned on slowing down the drip and gave me the ‘rescue meds’ before we even started. They estimated 5-6 hours. Well, I fell asleep after the first hour ...
Day One (Wed, Feb 9) - Bendamustine. Put IV in and run all the pre-prep meds - an injection of benedryl, an injection of ativan, and a bag of steroids/pepcid. After that steroid bag ran, they hooked up the Bendamustine. This whole process lasted about...
This group has helped me so much! My fears about chemo still run deep, but I have come to terms that I need to do this and it won’t be as awful as I’m imagining. You’ve all been a HUGE help as I compiled a laundry list of questions to ask the Dr today...
