u/angmcross

How do/did you handle the end of treatment?

I am 41f diagnosed with stage 2b CHL. My treatment plan was 4 rounds of abvd and 8 rounds avd. I had pet scan after the 4 abvd treatments that showed complete metabolic response to all areas involved. I only have 2 treatments left and I find myself getting paranoid that I can feel new lumps or even old lumps coming back. About a month ago I started experiencing sharp stabbing pains in my head and had an MRI last week (pending results) and now I'm worried it has spread. I know the likelihood of any of these things is low but I also worry I haven't had enough treatments. I'm ready to be in remission but also terrified to no longer receive chemo. Has anyone else dealt with this?

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u/angmcross — 5 days ago

Headaches

Has anyone gotten sudden, sharp, intense pain that starts at the forehead/eyebrow all the way to the back of the head but doesn't last more than 5 minutes and some shorter. It started a couple of weeks ago. Edited to add: I just finished treatment 10 of 12 ABVD to AVD treatment. I haven't noticed any patterns.

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u/angmcross — 14 days ago

Bone pain

I have hodgkins lymphoma and have finished 2 rounds of ABVD and have started AVD treatments. With second round of ABVD, on day 3 after treatment I would get bone pain for 1-2 days. After my first AVD treatment I got my first neulasta injection and holy bone pain!! How would you describe the pain? The only way I have been able to describe it is like something is squeezing the bone where I'm having pain for a while and then release and the areas that hurt moves. Is there any relief for this? Claritin does nothing...

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u/angmcross — 3 months ago