have recently started a Hodgkin's support group here on yahoo. We have over 150 members on our listserv mailings are expanding into the yahoo site. We welcome...

i I'm new to this club ,my name is Yana even though I don't have HD A lot of my family does my great aunt died from leukemia on my 11 birthday when I found out...

i. I'm so glad I found this group. I was just diagnosed with HD and I would like to talk with other people who have or have had it so that I can get an idea...

i. I was diagnosed in July of 1996, and went through the full course of treatment with radiation and chemo. I finished my last treatment 2 years ago this ...

i,<br>I was diagnosed with HD on May 26, 1999. I meet with an Oncologist today, and he believes that I am at stage 1b Nodular sclerosis Hodgkin's. I have the...

i,<br><br>I've been diagnosed with Hodgkin's. I wanted to know which of the 4 types were you first diagnosed with and what stage were you at. I am very ...

was diagnosed stage 2B, and did radiation before chemo. The hope was that radiation alone would do the trick. By the time I finished radiation, my doc was 95%...

The last week has been very hard. I have had an average of two fevers a day at an average of 103 degrees.<br><br>The last full cat showed some more lymp nodes...

2x Hodgkins survivor. First stage 2B. Large tumor in chest and smaller ones in neck. Recurrence in lower iliadic chain, (lower abdomen). 3 years between ...

I am a 2x survivor. I have been in remission for 4 years in August. I have check ups every 6 months, which include blood work and CTs....

HD is the most curable of all the lymphomas. Not to say treatment is not tuff. Cancer treatment will make or break you. MOPP/ABV is the most common chemo for...

Hi! I'm a 32 yr old 2x HD survivor. 4 yr remission this Aug. Diagnosed 4B & had BMT in '95 @ Baylor & Medical City in Dallas....

hi<br>i'm a 32 yo chicagoan..i was just diagnosed with HD two days ago. I don't know what stage yet..I'm still recovering from hernia surgery that was done at ...

hi seth, just wondering how you are doing? I know right now you probably are feeling scared/angry/worried, etc.--and that's ok. Please let your family & ...

Just found this club today. Was reading all of the messages. I am 43 years old. Was diagnosed with stage 1A in May 96. Had a port installed and started chemo...

Need info on thymic hyperplasia following chemo for hodgkins. Specifically, does it resolve on its own or is surgery necessary? Thanks...

Hi Seth,<br><br>I am a 33 years old and was diagnosed with HD in May 1999. I staged with HD 4b. I have completd 4 cycles of treatment and yesterday I began ...

Seth,<br><br>In May 99' I was diagnosed with HD 4b. At that time I could not see the light at the end of the tunnel. This week I have been through restaging...

Has anyone out there had surgery to remove a hodgkins tumor? We are really interested in hearing from anyone that has. Also, what do you do about the aching ...

I had the surgery on my neck 3 years ago. The aftermath wasn't nearly as painful as the surgery to implant the port. Also.....I had some Darvocet left over ...

I had the surgery on my neck 3 years ago. The aftermath wasn't nearly as painful as the surgery to implant the port. Also.....I had some Darvocet left over ...

hi mark and melissa, my friend has hd and a mass in her chest but they have told her all along that surgery is not possible for her. sorry i can't help you on...

hi everybody, i am still looking for answers for cheryl. would like some info on the side effects of psct. and if anyone has had lung problems after bleo....

Well, Mark actually had his mass removed because the doctors couldn't tell what it was. They did 3 different biopsies before they decided to do open heart ...

Since I have just been diagnosed with HD yesterday, my HMO automatically assigned a specialist to treat me. Is there anyway for me to find out whether this...

Hello, we are military so we can't really help you out a whole lot with the HMO questions. We can tell you that if you have a good doctor, he will all your...

Thanks for your kind words, advice and encouragements. I will definitely ask to see if my doctor will get other advice for other specialists. <br><br>I didn't...

Well, the doctor's are still not sure whether they will be having him go through radiation or not. <br>He had two tumors also, one in front of his heart, and...