My First Chemo treatment

Hi guys ,I start my first Chemo treatment on the 26th November next Monday to start shrinking the none Hodgkins Lymphoma B-cell stage 3 I have inside me.
I hope I come out ok from it ,I'm getting a bit nervous as it gets closer each day and or ancious.....

Mark....

I hope you'll be alright in the end!
I'll keep my fingers crossed for you!
Best of wishes to you and get well soon!
And do not worry, everything will turn out ok in the end!

Hey man, I hope you'll be alright and better. Fingers crossed for you. I wish you luck. I hope you get better.

Dang, Mark. I didn't know you had Hodgkins. If you have written about it before on the board, I apologize for missing it.


Should your treatment require a stay-over at the hospital, I thought I would provide some helpful hospital tips for you.

1) Nurses can be hot; with enough drugs, so can some doctors.

2) Hospital food is designed to speed the patient's recovery; eat enough of it and you'll want out as soon as possible too.

3) If the patient in the bed next to you goes by the name of Big Bubba and asks if you want to see why he is called big bubba...just say 'no'.

4) Regardless what the staff says, I still say that there is nothing wrong with a wet mop race around the 3rd floor; though that second lap can be a little tricky.

5) Should you require a 'shave' and the person giving it to you starts playing 'this little piggy',...worry.

6) That little dance doctors do when you scream into their stethoscopes apparently indicates they didn't like it.

7) Should the remote on your hospital bed have fuctions like 'up', 'down', and 'release', don't press 'release'.


I'll leave it at that.

This post was last modified: 21-11-2007 03:10 PM by Menard.

Mark, best of luck and be confident on life. My prayers are with you...

I'm using this opportunity to say about my cousin Mr. Abey Mathew. He is a software engineer and now suffering from brain cancer. According to doctors, Now he is going through his last days. But he is very confident about him and the world is praying for his good health, because he is that much innocent. Please spend a little time for him an pray for him.. God bless you all...

Thanks Iven ,thanks all you guys for careing, yes my prayres go out to to your Cousin.
May God be with us all.
Mark.....

This post was last modified: 22-11-2007 09:18 AM by Artmark.

I'm very sorry about your cousin, Ivenms!
I too am going to pray for him!
It's really sad that this sort of things happens to good people!

Hi People ,
I know it was a long time since I last posted here ,lots has happenned since my first Chemo.
Just 3 weeks ago I finished my 9 cycle of chemo.
3 different types of chemo I have had.
Having a hard time through the last two cycles of very high dose of Methotrexate and Cytarabine to realy hit the cancer on the head this time.
2 days ago I had my 3rd PET scan to see the result of the strong chemo .
But now the waiting game continues .
I am waiting for the doctors to ring me to make an appointment to come in and discuss the result.
If all is good like the tumors have shrunk ,well then I go in and have the bone marrow transplant , that means another lethal dose of chemo and then they give me my good bloods cells back that we harvested allready waiting.
If the Tumors are still there and not shrunk enough well thats another story for next time.

Mark.....

Always praying for your health....

GOd BleSS YoU.

Well bad news from the last scan.
The cancer is still there 3 hot spots are there .
So now I see another specialist to have some radio therapy that should do the job we prey it does.
So I hope you guys dont mind me venting my life story here.
It make me feal good to get it out .

Mark.....

Be strong mentally and try to fight it. I am sure that you will suceed on this battle.

Thanks Iven,
I must be positive not only for my self but allso for my family.
This will be a much harder battle then first started out.
Most battles can be won by staying possitive.

Mark.....