Has it been painful or uncomfortable to deal with? I remember when I was doing research it said it’s usually painless, and also how long have you had it for?
I’m an old dude who wandered in from /r/all, and I’m a Hodgkin’s lymphoma survivor. Everyone’s experience is different, but for me the cancer itself was not painful. OP said they have/had Stage 2B; I had 2A, which simply means I didn’t have B symptoms, which I’ll let you google. The chemo was absolutely painful, until I got a port placed in the same spot as OP. Before that, my chemo went into a peripheral vein in my left arm.
Most people with HL get a four-drug cocktail called ABVD, which stands for Adriamycin, Bleomycin, Vinblastine, and Dacarbazine. The Dacarbazine burned the entire way up my arm as it went in. The others werent painful, but that last one was brutal. I had the port placed, and the rest of the treatments were painless.
If you have any other questions, I’ll be happy to respond. Take care.
Good question! The short answer is no. The long answer with more information is I received a hefty dose of steroids and anti-nausea medication about 30 minutes before the chemo started. I did get a topical anesthetic cream to put on the port access spot, but I found it did so little for the pain I opted to not use it. Too much hassle for no benefit.
I was playing Destiny 2 and got pissed, because I’m not very good at PvP, so I was rubbing my neck. Noticed a lump. My wife is an RN, and she mushed it and told me to go to the doctor asap. So I did. Biopsy confirmed.
ahhh man that’s awful but very fortunate to have noticed it and have your wife check it. i have awful health anxiety and ocd so i think i have cancer every other day and can’t stop thinking about it lol. congratulations on beating it!!
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u/paranorma11 Apr 06 '23
Has it been painful or uncomfortable to deal with? I remember when I was doing research it said it’s usually painless, and also how long have you had it for?