u/RealWiseWoman

I have/had DLBCL (69F) and went through 6 rounds of Pola-R-CHP and two more of just Rituximab. I finished that the end of July, had 3 weeks of rehab (= boot camp, 7:30 exercise session on the quad, sports and lectures all day) and then my PET scan 2 weeks ago. I scheduled a 2 week vacation after the PET scan, as I was afraid it would come back with bad news and I needed to get out to somewhere else.

Monday was the day, and the scan has come back clean!!!!! I still have to have a checkup every 3 months for the next two years, but it looks like they got that bastard DLBCL! And then the clinic didn't even have a bell for me to ring... so I had to get a bottle of champagne!

Just for all of you battling out there: hang in there, it is doable! Okay, my hair disappeared and is coming back salt and pepper (I had blonde hair before), but I am regaining my strength (still need naps, though) and life is looking great!

I'm between the 5th and 6th round (69F) of POLA-R-CHP and have managed to work some in between rounds. Unfortunately, I went to a birthday party last Saturday and although I masked and refused to shake hands and kept my distance, I caught a bad cold. I was in the hospital yesterday with a fever, they did a lot of tests and said: it's just a cold. I feel miserable, my nose is running like a leaky faucet and I keep coughing and have a headache. Any advice on how to shake this cold? I keep having to cancel appointments to things I really wanted to do.