Cancer Survivors Network

Hello, my dad went through 4 chemo treatments pretty well, but after the 5th the fatigue started to kick in. Its a tough question to answer everyone responds different. The chemo will accumulate over time and in return will cause fatigue. It is nice to plan things ahead, but your daughter will not know how she feels. sometimes people get more familiar with the path of there side effects, what I mean is, one may feel sick 3 days after chemo or one may feel tired 10 days later and people tend to plan things on the course of there side effects. I'm happy your daughters 1st treatment went well and I hope she continues to remain positive, my dad has stage IIA and went into remission after the 6th treatment, but will continue 2 more treatments and radiation. Best wishes to you and I hope everything goes well for your daughter. Hodgkins is a curable disease and she should expect to win the fight.

My son was diagnosed with Hodgkins in October of his freshman year at college. He was going to school 2 1/2 hours from Home and staying in a dorm. He did not want treatments or cancer to affect him going to school. He did not have classes on Fridays, so he would come home Thursday night, have treatment on Friday and return to school Sunday evening. That way he could be with me over the weekend while he was feeling punk. He did wonderfully. He did get progressively tired, but it did not stop him. He made the Dean's list that semester as well as the next while undergoing treatment. I am so proud of him. He had a mindset that this was not going to stop him from doing what he wanted to do. He had some rough times but was so determined. It can be done. I would have never thought he would be able to continue school, but he did it and so can your daughter. I wish you and your daughter the