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My daughter had her avd treatment delayed 1 week due to low neutrophils. She is on 8 treatments put of 12, was on abvd but after 2 cycles she was in remission according to ipet scan. They dropped bleomycin but on the 8th treatment her counts were low...
Hi all, Hoping for some more reassurance out there like I've had before. My son is on cycle 5 of AAVD for Hodgkins Lymphoma Stage 4. He had a complete metabolic response and Deauville 2 after cycle 2 but was hospitalised with infections after both infusions...
Does anyone have reassuring stories of having an infection that didn't respond quickly to IV antibiotics? My boy has been on IV antibiotics for 36 hours and his temperature has just spiked again so they are doing another blood culture. Should I be worried...
I have been diagnosed with Hodgkin Lymphoma and recently had my third round of chemo. My issue is that I am angry all the time and I am not coping well. I am worried I will push away the people I love. Does anyone have any coping strategies?
Hello all, I was diagnosed with Stage 3B Hodgkin's Lymphoma at the beginning of April and I am currently part way through chemotherapy. I am due to start my third cycle Wednesday all being well with bloods. It's been an intense few months and it's...
Hi everyone. I just wanted to hear some real life stories from people who had a similar treatment plan to mine. I have Stage 2 Hodgkin’s lymphoma with a mediastinal mass measuring 7 cm. My treatment has been: • 2 cycles of escalated BEACOPP • followed...
Hi there, I have been thrown into this as was diagnosed today after incidental mammogram finding. So breast surgeon couldn't offer any info until I see Haematology. I have only been feeling really awful for last few weeks,.don't know if that's positive...
I had Hodgkin's before in 2010. Successful treatment though various complication went into remission . . I had a standard mammogram 2 years ago and the poor nurse couldn't understand why I bust into tears when she told me my lymph nodes were huge . After...
Hi all, been diagnosed with NLPHL it's been a bit of a roller coaster tbh. I lost my mam to cancer over two years ago and my last promise to her was to lose weight. I was extremely over weight and agrophbic. So as covid hit I decided the time was right...
Hi everyone I was diagnosed in January this year with advanced disease stage 3/4 NLPHL Hodgkin’s lymphoma and started r-chop chemotherapy at the end of January and have now had my 3rd chemo. I’m now Anxiously waiting for a ct scan next week to see if...
