I was 11 years old when I was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Disease Stage III-B on April 23rd, 2002. I as well had both Chemotherapy and Radiation, but it was more like 5 months of chemotherapy, (One straight week per month, then allowing my body to build my blood levels back to normal over the next 3 weeks, until the next round, X5) and 4 Months of going to radiation everyday (Except weekends... I think? It was a long time ago). Chemotherapy was the hardest on my body, feeling tired, sore, and unable to talk due to one harsh chemo drug that dried out my throat so much, it left open sores for a few days. I felt hope in those weeks off, because I slowly felt like a healthy human again. I can only imagine the struggle you faced when you lost mobility and I am so happy you had a supportive family when you were going through this. Radiation was seemingly the easiest, but I still felt the effects of fatigue, but it wasn't as bad as the chemotherapy.
I have so many questions for you, since I don't really have many people to talk to anonymously about this... so if you want to PM me, I would love to hear more about your battle.
So my question is, how did the combination chemotherapy and radiation at the same time effect you? Especially with physical rehabilitation in the mix, how did you feel?
Anyways, you sound like a very strong person, and I am glad there is one more survivor in this world!
WeirdAlMaykovich1 karma
Hey, Fellow Cancer survivor here!
I was 11 years old when I was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Disease Stage III-B on April 23rd, 2002. I as well had both Chemotherapy and Radiation, but it was more like 5 months of chemotherapy, (One straight week per month, then allowing my body to build my blood levels back to normal over the next 3 weeks, until the next round, X5) and 4 Months of going to radiation everyday (Except weekends... I think? It was a long time ago). Chemotherapy was the hardest on my body, feeling tired, sore, and unable to talk due to one harsh chemo drug that dried out my throat so much, it left open sores for a few days. I felt hope in those weeks off, because I slowly felt like a healthy human again. I can only imagine the struggle you faced when you lost mobility and I am so happy you had a supportive family when you were going through this. Radiation was seemingly the easiest, but I still felt the effects of fatigue, but it wasn't as bad as the chemotherapy.
I have so many questions for you, since I don't really have many people to talk to anonymously about this... so if you want to PM me, I would love to hear more about your battle.
So my question is, how did the combination chemotherapy and radiation at the same time effect you? Especially with physical rehabilitation in the mix, how did you feel?
Anyways, you sound like a very strong person, and I am glad there is one more survivor in this world!
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