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Hi everyone, My name is Rachel, and last month, I was diagnosed with Stage 2 Hodgkin Lymphoma. I recently completed my first round of BEACOPP-DAC chemotherapy and am now on a three-week break until after Christmas. Throughout this journey, I’ve...
Hi, I was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s disease in 2004. After 6 months of abvd chemo and 3 months radiotherapy, I luckily made a full recovery and have been in remission for 19years. Recently I had not been feeling well and eventually after a lot of pushing...
Hello, i have been diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma stage 4b in August after many months of investigations. I've gone through 4 cycles of Escalated Beaccopdac and my interim scan showed full responsiveness! However, now that the treatment is finished...
Hi I’m nearly halfway through my chemotherapy treatment and after each coarse I have days of stomach pains and can’t eat or sleep I’m really thinking of stopping my treatment and taking my chances as anyone done the same Paul
Hi all, 21 year old female with stage 3 Hodgkin’s lymphoma, looking for any advice.I was diagnosed February this year with lymphoma in my neck lungs and chest and have now completed 6 months of ABVD chemo (12 sessions) and getting results on Wednesday...
Hi I was on the forum when I was first was diagnosed with HL stage 3 , at the time I was struggling with severe pains in my stomach I’ve have now had two full coarsesofABVD and the stomach pain returns I’ve tried lots of painkillers and trying to eat...
Hello, Thank you for reading, any advice or words of support are appreciated. 42 year old female. About 3 months ago I noticed a small lump in my groin. It was fairly soft, moveable and painless. I didn’t rush to the GP as I thought it was a cyst...
My grandson(23yrs) has recently been diagnosed with stage 3 HL. Just started at Uni and gets hit with this Today he has had his 1st chemo and appears to be fine, although went to bed early as he was feeling dizzy Any advice welcomed as this is so...
I've had my 2nd treatment of chemotherapy and for the last 3 days I've been struggling with stomach pain and have lost my appetite should I be concerned thanks paul
Hi I've had my 2nd coarse of chemotherapy and I've been struggling with stomach ache is there anything I can take to ease this
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