Hodgkins Lymphoma - Chemo Number 10

Had my tenth chemo session so here's the video update!

[@curvykitty6606]

keep ur head up and be strong......you will get through this!!!!

[@isendathinks7588]

I hope you're able to sleep the worst days out of the next two weeks. It will be very difficult, but it will be behind you. Mentally, it must be so difficult to finish the last cycle when you know you're cancer free. I guess the doctors need to make sure there are no tiny little cancer cells lurking that can restart the lymphoma. I know reading on support forums that a lot of people struggle with the last two cycles if they're already cancer because of how difficult the chemo is and feeling like they're already cured. I don't know if that will be my story too, but I can only imagine how frustrating and infuriating it must be. In some ways it'd be easier knowing you still had some cancer in you that you still had to kill, instead of feeling like you're just poisoning your healthy body. Yeah... sometimes our friends and loved ones try to help but what they say isn't helpful. Or as another cancer friend of mine said "they can be helpful disasters'. Just do what you need to do to get through these two weeks. Focusing on the end helps us get through it. I was talking to a woman the other day and she has cancer that can only be treated but not cured. So she's on chemo for the rest of her life (I don't know what type of chemo she is on). Even though ABVD chemo is so hard, we have an end. There is an end. And yours will be here soon. Good luck and I look forward to the next vid.

[@abhibhat966]

hi..All these videos are very helpful for me ..I wanted to ask you did you went through radiation after your chemo?

[@DNAFitnessUK]

+Abhijit Bhat hi, i didn't have radiotherapy, just the chemo for me.

[@abhibhat966]

+pdilan thanks for replying,how big was your tumor?..I am asking you this because I have a bulky tumor and my doctor said I might have to to do the radiation.

[@DNAFitnessUK]

+Abhijit Bhat no worries. My biggest one was 5.5cm by 5.5cm. Wish you all the best.

[@halmatro]

How did you get diagnosed? did you get a biopsy on a lump?

[@DNAFitnessUK]

+halmatro yes I had a surgical biopsy

[@halmatro]

+pdilan how big was your node before they decided to take a biopsy?

[@piscinediquinto]

Very tough you are