Archive for October, 2004
ABVD not working … :(
Well .. where do I start …
I was starting to think the mass I had in my chest had decided to “wake up”. Wed-Tues (10/20-10/25) was pretty rough for me. I don’t remember chemo being that rough, but things started to get better Monday night. Tuesday I started to have aches in my chest, but [...]
ABVD #1 done
So this did not seem like such a big deal. Of course I am doped up on Ativan as well. I was told the nausea side-effect was worse for ABVD then it was CHOP/R. SO my nurse was like make sure you take the kytril and ativan this time. Don’t try to tough it out [...]
Bone Marrow Biopsy & 2 Days until ABVD
So this past Friday I had my bone marrow biopsy done. I only had the biopsy done not the asperit (sp?). I really need to thank my ONC for that.
I think I did much better with this one than the one I had 2003. I only let about a couple “SHIT”’s and one [...]
A little more information.
For those of you that do not know what Hodgkin’s Disease is you can follow this link HERE.
As for my chemotherapy .. I will be getting ABVD.
Adriamycin (generic name Doxorubicin)
Bleomycin (common brand name: blenoxane)
Vinblastine (common brand names: velban, velsar, velbe)
Dacarbazine (common brand name: DTIC, DTIC-Dome)
This LINK kind of explains what my [...]
And the envelope please
So we’re finally home … if we have not called you yet and you are reading this here .. please do not be upset. It’s been a rough day and we’ll finish calling people tomorrow …
Well .. I got good news and bad news today …
The Good News: The NHL is gone …
The Bad News: [...]
Waiting is the hardest part
So my appointment today was postponed.
I was suppose to get all my results back at 9:30am this morning, but they need more time so I am not going until 3:30pm.
I guess it isn’t too bad .. I mean they could have said the next day, next week, or next month …
I’d [...]
