Hey thanks wrasse
Yeah started my first round of chemo last friday
Diagnosed with stage 3 myself
A mass lump under my one armpit, another small lump on the other side of my armpit a d small lump on the back of my head
I'd like to talk to u as u went through the same stuff
Did u lose alot of weight and muscle mass too? As your profile pic u look great bro was that before or after chemo?
And how did u feel going through treatment and for how long?
Thanks brother
Are you doing ABVD chemo?
Luckily 80+% of patients are cured by this line of chemo for hodgkins.
Did you have B symptoms?
My avi was prior to cancer, i had tumors in my chest, lungs, and up my sternum.
most likely you'll do 6 months of abvd and MAYBE some radiation, so it wont be too terrible.
I originally lost nearly 35lbs FROM the cancer. So when i started chemo i felt so much better and actually was able to go to the gym.
Everyone handles each chemo differently, personally felt abvd was easy, but many struggle.
I was primary refractory. Meaning the ABVD stopped working midway through treatment. Hopefully you will not go through what ive gone through. Its been a long and tough 3 years.
I did ABVD for 4 months
GemOx for 4 months
Brentuximab for 2 months
Went on a clinical trial of Pembrolizumab and AFM13 for about a year.
20 rounds of radiation and then more pembrolizumab before having my bone marrow transplant which my brother was a donor for.
I can basically answer any question you have.
