Hi all, I'm due to be starting ABVD very soon (likely next week) for stage 2 Hodgkin Lymphoma. I honestly don't know anybody near to my age (28) who has or has had any cancer/chemotherapy, so I'm struggling to plan and navigate the next 4 months or...
Hi all My husband got the all clear yesterday - he had a Grey Zone stage 3 Lymphoma and had 6 rounds of chemotherapy. Obviously it’s fantastic news, but in terms of follow ups we were told he will be monitored for a couple of years but not have any...
About seven months ago, I started having a diffuse, shifting itch all over my body. At first, the itch would only appear for a few seconds at a time, in different areas – sometimes on my arm, then in a different spot. It would happen when I lightly touched...
Hi, anyone had an experience with exposure to chicken pox. My 23 year old is on day 14 of 3rd escalated beavopdac. He’s usually out of the neutropenic stage at this point. My other son has been back from uni for a week. He had a few spots on his tummy...
Hi, my son is on escalated beavopdac for stage 4 Hodgkins Lymphoma. his PET 2 and 3rd cycle of treatment has had to be delayed by a week as he got a temperature and tested positive for Covid. I’m worried about the implications of the delay. Has any...
Hi my 24 year old son has recently been diagnosed with stage 4 Hodgkins lymphoma which has spread to his lungs. He is just coming to the end of his first cycle of escalated beacopdac. He tolerated the chemo pretty well but has spent the last week in hospital...
Hi all, I have recently received a diagnosis of the above and started ABVD chemotherapy. I was only able to have three of the four drugs required through the cannula as the fourth was causing too much pain to my arm. I am now booked to have a picc line...
Apologies if this is the wrong forum. I’m posting about my sister in law who has been unwell for around 6 weeks but also experienced some strange symptoms back in October 2024. In October 2024, extreme itching down below and unable to shift “thrush...
Hello all My husband has has 2 rounds of chemo for his lymphoma but today after 6 failed attempts to get a cannula in he’s been told he has to have a PICC line fitted so he couldn’t have his 3rd round. Can anyone who’s had this issue advise me how...
So had my first round of chemo Monday, and made the mistake of feeling all smug Monday / Tuesday as felt absolutely fine. Spent first couple of days in hospital under observation and was discharged yesterday afternoon. Right about then it hit me like...
