CancerCompass message board discussion started by baseball1983 on 2/7/2008 http://www.cancercompass.com/message-board/message/all,20729,0.htm Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ Iam 25 and i just found out i have hodgkins. was wonder if anyone out there can tell me what to expect. i have to do 8 rounds of chemo and 24 sessions of raditation. baseball1983 Thu, 07 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT Hi there, I had Hodgkins 20 years ago. I believe the chemo and radiation have been modified since I had it. I had both chemo and radiation. It is a tiring process, but the good news the success rate for treatment is very high. Just remember that there is an end to treatment and you will get better. Everybody reacts differently to chemo so it is hard to predict how you will react. Once you go through a round, you will know what to expect and it will become a routine. I found the radiation OK but was very tiring over the long haul. Remember to rest when you are tired and if you are not up to doing something like work or some social activity, don't do it.Good luck and stay positive. LToronto Fri, 08 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT do you know a stage?  Some say if you are young and had to pick a cancer to get, Hodgkins would be it.  It is very responsive to treatment and even in metastatic disease, the 5 yr survival is over 80%. Oncrx Fri, 08 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT I am not opposed to "alternative treatments", especially in cancers where traditional medicine has not had success.  Hodgkins disease is NOT one of those cancers.  Given that early stage survival rates are over 90% and even metastatic disease is over 80 % with chemo/RT,  would you throw those odds away in favor of something else?  I would weigh the options very carefully in this case. Oncrx Fri, 08 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT Hi there,Im 38 yrs old and finished my treatment last October.  I was originally weak, night sweats, lump/pressure in my chest, and losing weight. I was at Stage 2. I had Chemo (ABVD). I felt incredibly better after the first Chemo treatment (Which BTW was about 5 hours long).  It takes a long time because there are several different chemicals used. I had one treatment every 2 weeks. First week I was weak, and blitzed out. The second week I was well enough to go to work. I went through the routine for the whole 12 sessions. The treatments got better for me until I was at session 10. Then, believe it or not it got a little difficult. My guess is that when there was no trace of it at my midway point, the Chemo had nothing else to attack. The best advise I can give you is to think positive. I have spoken to many people who had it, although the physical part of this ordeal can be treeated within a certain amount of time, the mental part of it is most challenging. Good luck. Ilan2007 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT I had Hodgkins at the age of 28, exactly 30 years ago.  My spleen was removed and I was told I was in STAGE 2B.  I had radiation to my chest area and my abdomen -  each area for four weeks.  Since that time I had another child and have been cancer free.  Cancer is not fun, but yours is very curable.  I was young and scared but I survived. I am on this website now because my mother has duodenal cancer.  Just wanted to wish you good luck and I know you will be just fine.  Marsh mpully Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT did you have to have to have chemo. baseball1983 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT  On 2/7/2008 baseball1983 wrote:Iam 25 and i just found out i have hodgkins. was wonder if anyone out there can tell me what to expect. i have to do 8 rounds of chemo and 24 sessions of raditation.I was diagnosed with hodgkins 30 yrs ago. I understand the treatments haven't changed much since then because they are very effective. But pretty rough too! In the beggining it's no worse then a bad hangover but as each treatment wears you down they become more effective. After 4 chemo rounds you'll begin a month of daily radiation, which is much easier. Then you'll begin your drive to the finish line. I feel good!! fireman456 Sat, 16 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT I had hodgkins when i was 25. Stage 3. it had spread throughout my chest. My legs were itchy and had little sores up my shins. there was a nickle sized lump on my neck. I would have coughing fits that were quite severe( fluid had engulfed my lungs and later would have to be drained).  I was on chemo for 6 months(treatment once every other week). I hated the sterile smell of the ward and saline. I would start to feel like vomiting the day or two before getting treatments. I would feel weak/sick for a few days but once I would start feeling better, it was time to get treatments again. nothing made me feel better/normal than THC (not in a stoner way). it really helped. I lost all the hair on my body. one of the strangest things for me was the sensation of my nose hairs growing back. Interestingly, my doctors never suggested changing my diet. just keep eating the same toxic, processed foods and sugar drinks as you want. I feel these things may have contributed to my cancer. they surely didn't help. anyway, good luck.- daniel deadalive Sun, 24 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT 4a is the stage. i just started chemo today baseball1983 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT On 2/7/2008 baseball1983 wrote:Iam 25 and i just found out i have hodgkins. was wonder if anyone out there can tell me what to expect. i have to do 8 rounds of chemo and 24 sessions of raditation. hey i my self am 25 F and am going chemo for hodgkins. not going to lie its a scary thing let me know if u have any questions were are u from? star1182 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT Hello!I had Hodgkins Disease when I was 13 years old, I am 23 now.  If you have any questions I can help answer them the best as I possibly can.  I am sure they have made plenty of advancements in the past 10 years.  At the time I was told if I had to get a cancer, that would be the one I would want.  Here to help!  Let me know! DinaZ Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT good luck, remember that this is treatable and that your youth and your good health are assetts for you.  Also, as the person above mentioned, it is probably important to eat right.  Food gives you energy so eat the kind of food that has the kind of energy in it that you want. Again, good luck and god bless.  nomorevictims Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT hi guys, i'm 20 considered a hodgkins survivor, finishing radiation therapy did 6 cycls  of abvd, my radiologist scheduled me for 30.6gr radiation and based on my own research and clinical studies i've looked at they recomment 20gr nowadays i had stage 2B hodgkins i kept asking to lower the dosage to minimize later side effects but she insist that its wrong, my ques: based on experiences from all the survivors here, how much radiation have you guys recieved? the mediastinal mass i had was 10cm, but it all went away after 3 cycles of abvd based on the pet scan resultsplease if anyone can help, this coming week is my last 8 sessions of radiation, last 10 gr left, i am confused and scared !!!!!! characterboy123 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT