HL survivors? INFERTILITY?

Hello, I'm 25 years old and newly diagnosed with HL. I have yet to be staged, I just had a bone marrow biopsy today. I also had my consultation with my oncologist today.

 I am going to have 12 treatments of ABVD over 6 months. Not sure if i'll be having radiation, it's to be played by ear.

 I was just wondering if any of you HL survivors have had a problem with infertility post-chemo?

 My oncologist was pretty confident that since i'm very young, i probably wont have a problem with this... But after reading some articles about ABVD on the internet... It left me unsure of what to think. I very much would like to have children in the future and would hate to think that there will never be a chance of that happening post-chemo.

Thanks~

On 10/9/2008 LovelyLVN wrote:

Hello, I'm 25 years old and newly diagnosed with HL. I have yet to be staged, I just had a bone marrow biopsy today. I also had my consultation with my oncologist today.

 I am going to have 12 treatments of ABVD over 6 months. Not sure if i'll be having radiation, it's to be played by ear.

 I was just wondering if any of you HL survivors have had a problem with infertility post-chemo?

 My oncologist was pretty confident that since i'm very young, i probably wont have a problem with this... But after reading some articles about ABVD on the internet... It left me unsure of what to think. I very much would like to have children in the future and would hate to think that there will never be a chance of that happening post-chemo.

Thanks~

hey i was diagnosed with hl back in march 04, and inremission 10/04...i had stage 4b...at the age of 19...i want to tell u that my dr told me i would have no problem with fertility as well..i like u want to have children but know that it is important for me to wait until my five year clear mark because of the ct scans and pet scans i have had since 04...at one point i was pregnant, however i was faced with the tough decision to abort the pregnancy because i was still have frequent scans done and knew that would be harmful to the fetus...i would never tell anyone this was their only option ...and since i was uncertain to the future outcome..i had to do what i felt was right...i'm confident that i will be able to get pregnant again when the time is right...i knew someone else with hl who fell out of remission at his 3 year mark and i just didn't know what could or would happen to me...anyway on the plus side...i'm almost 5 years diagnosed with a pet scan coming up in feb...if all goes well i expect to be cleared 5 years in oct with my scans becoming once every year ...not every six months like it is now...and then i get my life started...my bf and i would like to get married and start a family ....but all depending on what news i hear...i wish you the best of luck...i know everything will be fine...and if you ever have any questions...i'll be more than happy to help...i know i would have liked help when i was in your position...but unfortunately there was no one with experience in this field that i knew personally...take care