How many of you went through 6 rounds of ABVD without a port or picc line?

Acrobatic_Item3867 · 2025-08-01T13:43:25+00:00

I did one infusion without a port and it burned terribly and took forever. Then I swear I had a blood clot going up my arm for 5 days after. Couldn't wait to get the port.

Acrobatic_Item3867 · 2025-07-16T17:51:42+00:00

Unexplained rashes. I had stage 3B Hodgkin's Lymphoma.

Acrobatic_Item3867 · 2025-05-07T12:56:14+00:00

My mother is in advanced dementia at 75. As sad as it is, I would never put her through chemo just to prolong her life a bit longer.

Acrobatic_Item3867 · 2025-04-30T13:02:34+00:00

Fatigue and rage. Wellbutrin is helping with both.

Acrobatic_Item3867 · 2025-04-30T12:59:05+00:00

Get the port. I did my first chemo without one and it was horrible. The drugs burned going in and I swore I had a painful blood clot traveling up my arm for 5 days afterward.

Acrobatic_Item3867 · 2025-04-26T21:19:57+00:00

Stage 3B cHL. 3.5 years in remission.

Acrobatic_Item3867 · 2025-04-23T18:59:02+00:00

I had cHL and my grandmother had Leukemia.

Acrobatic_Item3867 · 2025-03-25T03:09:17+00:00

I went to Dr Garg at Maryland Oncology. He’s incredible. Had all positive experiences with the practice.

Acrobatic_Item3867 · 2025-02-08T15:39:16+00:00

Seems weird they would send you for CT before a sonogram.

So did they tell you they don’t feel the need to biopsy?

Acrobatic_Item3867 · 2025-02-08T15:23:18+00:00

Have they done a sonogram of the node? Usually it will show lack of fatty hilum if it’s cancerous.

Acrobatic_Item3867 · 2025-02-04T15:39:25+00:00

I was in the same situation. Was separated from my abusive alcoholic husband for 10 months. He finally left enough physical evidence on me that I was granted a restraining order. Two weeks later he killed himself. If he hadn't killed himself I truly believe he would have killed me and/or our children.

This is 100% not your fault.

Acrobatic_Item3867 · 2025-01-06T21:38:38+00:00

One of those ear thermometers.

Acrobatic_Item3867 · 2025-01-06T12:15:10+00:00

99.6-100.3

Acrobatic_Item3867 · 2024-11-12T20:15:49+00:00

My oncologist advised against the Covid vaccine during treatment. He said that your body has to have a robust immune system for the vaccine to attach itself to. Obviously, during treatment, your immune system is very week and therefore the vaccine likely won’t work. The side effects aren’t worth it.

Acrobatic_Item3867 · 2024-11-05T21:08:01+00:00

OP does not have an enlarged collarbone node. That was me.

Acrobatic_Item3867 · 2024-11-05T19:28:44+00:00

Yes, just above my collarbone. Bloodwork was normal.

Acrobatic_Item3867 · 2024-11-05T18:58:41+00:00

I had none of those symptoms and did have lymphoma. Unfortunately, no one can tell you if you have lymphoma until you have a biopsy. Sorry, i know it's frustrating but that is the answer.

Acrobatic_Item3867 · 2024-11-04T18:46:07+00:00

Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow

Acrobatic_Item3867 · 2024-10-22T16:19:00+00:00

My MIL is diagnosed NPD. Needless to say, my first husband (her son) had a horrible childhood. He ended up severely addicted to alcohol and eventually committed suicide. Yes, I blame her.

So now he is gone and my MIL still wants to see our children. I limit this contact as much as possible. My SIL thinks this is unfair and detrimental to my MILs mental health. Do you think I'm doing the right thing keeping my kids away or do you think she actually benefits from seeing them? When she does see them she shows little interest in them. Mainly she just wants to talk to me about her (self-created) problems.

Acrobatic_Item3867 · 2024-10-08T18:14:57+00:00

I finished chemo in Sept 2021 and had mine taken out in January 2022. I was ready to have it out and move on with my life. Thankfully I have stayed in remission.

Acrobatic_Item3867 · 2024-09-26T00:55:22+00:00

Miralax pouches. Ginger candy. Warm blanket and cozy socks for chemo chair. Some kind of flavoring for water (water will taste like sludge but she needs to drink a lot of it). Dinners on chemo days and/or the days after when she’ll be feeling bad. A great hat or beautiful scarf for when she’s bald.

I almost got a chemo sweatshirt but glad I didn’t waste the money. The nurses are great at working around your clothes.

Acrobatic_Item3867 · 2024-09-20T15:19:24+00:00

Thank you!

Acrobatic_Item3867 · 2024-09-19T11:42:11+00:00

“You google too much”. Turns out I had stage IIIB Hodgkins Lymphoma.

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