#nodular

Today, was a good day. After two failed attempts to find a proper vein, the third was a success. The personnel did the best they could, but my veins are too affected by the accumulated doses.

At night, by 4am I woke up as usual to go to the restroom. When I tried to flex my left leg I felt a pain. I checked my whole leg trying to find something irregular, also punched to find a sensitive spot, but nothing was found. I visually compared both legs and everything seems similar. I suspect it is the CIPN (Chemotherapy Induced Peripheral Neuropathy).

My current treatment (BEACOPP without Procarbazine) contains two cytotoxic drugs that are known to cause CIPN. These drugs are: Etoposide and Vincristine. The former is administered the first three days in a cycle, while the latter is given on the eighth day.

Today, I received the results of the immunohistochemistry from the US. The answer is that I have: “Hodgkin disease, Nodular sclerosis type” (aka Hodgkin's Lymphoma).

I went straight to the haematologist, in a private health center, to get details about possible treatments. But, I quit the private health center because their “policy” can’t tell or give an idea to the patient on how much the treatment cost… totally absurd.

I remembered something that I read and studied that says:

‘in this greedy world, there are those who seize on people’s illness as an opportunity to make money’.

Today, I got the results from the last biopsy (surgery). It suggests to be: “Nodular sclerosis Hodgkin disease”.

Tomorrow, I will start the process to do a immunohistochemistry, and after that I will obtain more information from the haematologist.