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Hi guys, Last week I was diagnosed with stage 4 HL and I'm due to start the BEACOPP treatment plan at the end of June. I've been told this is the "more aggressive" chemo that they offer as standard to young people now, (I'm 25 for reference), but...
Hi everybody. I am still learning quite a lot about the lymphocyte predominant non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma my brother has. And I’m sure there are lots of things out there that I don’t know I haven’t even heard of. I just wondered if anyone had been recommended...
hi Four years after auto stem cell transplant it looks as if my husbands Hodgkin’s Lymphoma has come back. He has a lump come up on his next and 7 weeks on it’s still there (that’s what happened last time also) any advice would be great, will they...
Evening. I’ve had my first round of chemo (Day 1 and Day 15) for Hodgkins Lymphoma (Stage 2) and am currently in hospital as I was neutropenic and developed a temperature of 38.4 on Sunday night. I was due to start my next round of chemo tomorrow but...
i feel like I’m in limbo, strange feeling waiting for my PET scan on Monday and results on 11th to see if the cancer is gone.my life has been so full on with hospitals, appointments, feeling shit etc and now….. nothing. Anyone else have this
Mum was only diagnosed yesterday. A bit surreal atm. Reading all the info about drugs and poss side effects - it’s horrific!
I am so convinced that I have Relapsed. I’m on holiday at the moment and I’m trying to really have a good time and not to worry but I have 3 lumps on the right side of my neck. 2 near the biopsy scar and 1 above. I’m just a mess right now :(
Hi all. I wish I wasn't here writing this, but I am. I was diagnosed with HL yesterday after finding a painless lump in my neck in May. Bit shell shocked. My husband is really feeling it. I'm 34 and live in West Yorkshire. Bizarrely, I fine except for...
Hello, my partner suffers from recurring late-stage HL and, as part of palliative care, has just started radiation therapy on, among others, a lump on her neck. Today was her second treatment, with 18 more to come in the next four weeks. She is wondering...
Hi, my name is Satori. I asked a question a few months back about chest pain and turns out my thymus was a little plump but my scans are clear and everything‘s OK. so I’m assuming that’s why I have chest pain. but for some reason this past week I had...
