Hi everyone
I am 19 and got diagnosed with 3a hodgkins in August and finished my treatment a fortnight ago. I initially had several hard lumps in my neck was being sick and was incredibly fatigued when I was diagnosed. When a gp ultrasound discovered lesions in my liver and spleen I was sent to the hospital and after a ct finding more of the lumps that were in my neck around my chest I was sent for a needle biopsy and a pet scan. The pet scan showed a LOT of red basically in a thick line starting in my neck and finishing in my liver and spleen. Luckily in my second pet there was none to be seen so we stopped bleomicin. Not long after that I was getting night sweats which I thought may just be due to the prostap injections but over time started happening every single night no matter what and in the past couple weeks I’ve found myself being quite itchy but with no visable rash. I do suffer from eczema but that has disappeared thanks to chemo and doesn’t seem to have come back yet and the itching I have now doesn’t look like eczema. I’m going to ask my consultant about the itching and sweats at my post treatment pre ct appointment but until then I was wondering if this is something I should be worried about?
Hi Lottieee241 and welcome to the Online Community, although I am sorry to see you finding us.
Great to hear that your treatment has went well and you are now out the other end of the tunnel.
I had NHL and a different treatment journey but the one thing I do know is the treatments used are strong and can play with the bodies internal thermometer and chemical balance.
You are only a few weeks post treatment so your body is not clear of the after effects...... this takes longer than you would think to clear.
These issues should always be called into your team, we all react differently and the only folks who can put 2 + 2 together is your team.
I am sure that some of the HL folks will pick up on you post.
I am now 4 years post treatments and even last summer I was having night sweats but it was all checked out and there was no answer to be found - it just went away.
When you feel up to it try putting some information in your profile. This really helps others when answering. It also means that you don't have to keep repeating yourself. Just click on YOUR username, select 'Edit Profile'. Put as much or as little in your profile and you can amend it at any time - you can see members profiles by hitting our forum names.
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