My husband has Hodgkins Lymphoma and had his first ABVD chemo last Thursday. He is taking Prochlorperazine 5mg for nausea but as of today he is still nauseaus. How long does nausea last after a treatment and should the Prochloreperazine be working?

Hi, I found this site while trying to research Hodgkins because a young classmate of mine was diagnosed last year...she has been undergoing chemo since December '09, and as far as I can tell, she stays very nauseated for about two weeks after treatment. I don't know what drugs she's being given, but I think they all have similar side effects. As far as the Prochloreperazine, if it's not working for him, as your doctor for something else. He may give your husband a different drug altogether, or adjust his dosage. Everyone responds to medication differently. Hope that helps.

My daughter has Hodgkins Lymphoma and had ABVD every two weeks from April till October. She took Emend and never got sick. 24 hours after chemo she had a shot for her white blood cells. (can't think of the name) She had a clear pet scan in August. We just had her 6 month scan and it has returned. We will hear Thursday what is next. She is 32 years old.

She was stage 4 when diagnosed. My brother had this at age 32 but was stage 1B. My daughter had no symptoms until a lump appeared on her neck. They tell me my brother and daughter cancers are not related!! Yeah right!!
Thursday we go for them to tell us what is next and where it has come back. Thank you for your prayers. By the way, my brother is now 57 so keep the faith!!

Terrie, be careful. Hodgkins is the most curable lymphoma by traditional methods. Is your husband looking into alternatives because of the nausea?
Sherron, so sorry to hear of the reocurrance in your daughter. I will keep her and your family in my prayers.Cancer Center of America states on their website that sibilings may be at an increased risk to develop cancer, yet American Cancer Society states it as only a 5% risk. Hard to know what to believe.

He is looking for alternative because he has type 1 diabetes and he was sick 9 days out of the 14 before his next round of chemo. I want him to do chemo but he wants to try this. If it doesn't work at end of April when the alternative program ends, he will have to do chemo. I hope he proves us wrong and is cancer free or the tumor reduced in size when he's done with alternative.

I hope that it works for him. You never know. And thank you for the thoughts on my daughter. I think we will know more tonight...atleast I am hoping.

She goes for a bone marrow test on Thursday. That way they will know if it has returned for sure and whether they could use her own bone marrow for a transplant. If it doesn't show up in her bone marrow then they will do a test where they put her out and go down the throat for a ct guided biopsy. It is showing active on a pet scan in a place in her chest and one lymph node close to the hip. I guess this place in the chest is someplace that Hodgkin's is known to come back....so we are still in the waiting game. Then they will try ICE chemo and see if that gets results if it is back and then a bone marrow transplant of some sort.if they think it would help her..I just am praying and hoping for the best. Let me know what your husband decides.

Hi,
Sorry it has taken me so long to answer. We live about 20 minutes from Orlando, FL. but she is going to Shands hospital at the University of Florida. She also has a oncologist in our town. How is your husband doing? ICE is a form of chemo that is mostly used on Non-hodgkins patients (from what I understand)....??? We get the results of her bone marrow on April 1....two weeks of waiting...it has been awful.

Hi Sherron and Jazz,

I've been following up with both of your comments and test results of Sherron's daughter and Jazz's husband. I am reading Cancer Free - Your Guide to Gentle, Non-Toxic Healing by Bill Henderson. There are so many different alternatives in this book and websites that support them. We have chosen the 6 step Summary of Self Treatment option. It consists of green barley, 500mg 3-D Beta Glucan, organic cottage cheese and flaxseed oil smoothies, Heart Plus and Green Tea Extract, Daily Advantage vitamin and mineral supplement along with a vegan diet. I have sent away for all the supplements through websites in the book and we should be receiving them this week. Until then we have cut out meat and most processed foods. We plan on trying this treatment for 6-8 weeks and then testing to see if it has minimized the cancer, or if a miracle happens, the cancer is gone. If this does not work, then we will go back to chemo but after reading so many stories of how chemo ravages the body both during and after chemo, we are reluctant to go this route. I have not heard of the apricot seed but would be interested and I've heard about asparagus being a wonder food. I will keep you and your daughter/husband in my prayers and hope they will become cancer free.

Hi Terrie05,

It would be very interesting to see what the results are after your treatment option that you are choosing. I hope the results are in your favour.
The apricot seed is actually in a mix of other stuff to create a vitamine b12 mixture which is comprised of Bee Pollen, royal jelly, buckwheat honey natural spring water and apricot kernels. These ingredients are to be blended, and placed in a dark jar in the fridge for 1 week then taken with breakfast. A friends mother was diagnosed with breast cancer and she did the conventional treatments of chemo etc, and was cured of that, then diagnosed with lyphoma and used this mixture and cured her lymphoma with this, but later passed away with skin cancer. My husband is planning on trying this for a few weeks and then requesting another pet scan to see what happens. If you google information on the apricot seed it seems to be linked to different information on curing cancer. I beleive that it has to be the bitter apricot seeds. I hope that your mixture will work for you. My thoughs will be with you and your husband.

We are waiting for one more supplement to arrive and then we will have the complete system recommended in the Cancer Cure book. We plan to start it right away once it arrives. In the meantime he has switched to a vegetarian diet and cut out processed foods, sugar, milk, meat. He is also taking food grade hydrogen peroxide twice daily. A friend of ours told us his mother had breast cancer and did the normal chemo routine of treatment. It came back and she was on chemo again till it almost killed her. She could not function and they took her off chemo and he read about oxygen killing cancer cells by taking it internally (food grade only and diluted) and installing an ozonater in their hot tub and getting in twice a day for the oxygento absorb into your skin. He swears by it. So we will give that a try too. I hope to give a good report in 6 weeks.

Hi,
Just got my daughter's test results from the bone marrow and it is clear...4 different tests and all were clear...YEAH! As of this moment they are going to do another c scan on May 8 ....and see what the place in her chest is doing...
Jazz....question?? Did they test the place in your husband's chest???

My daughter was diagnosed in July 08 she was 19 stage 2. She has been cancer free for 1 year now. She also took emind, was a wonder drug for her. She was a trooper. It kills you as a parent to watch your child go through that. You now watch for any change or bump she just found a bump on the back of her neck immediately the next day the Dr ordered a CT and we got the results the same day showed nothing. But you still worry. Hearing you all talk about waiting weeks I feel for you. I don't know if its her age but her doctors and surgeon have always expedited everything. I feel very blessed to have the doctors that she has. Work also do a lot of praying. You will be in my prayers

Yea I'm in treatments now, Ihave stage IIb Hodkins lymphoma Nodular Sclerosing, I have a 8 inch by about 6 inch tumor mediastinal, which is partially behind my heart. The ICE treatment made me sick for about a week and half afterward also I noticed the hair all came out with ICE, but now with the ABVD I'm starting to grow stubles and my eyebrows back. I have to do chemo every 2 weeks and I'm very exhausted the fatigue is the worse, I barely get out of bed and I'm tired already. It usually takes me a week to get any energy back after treatment. Also I dont have any feeling left in my fingertips and they are discolored. Is your daughter wearing a wig yet? If so they offer free ones through American Cancer Society all you have to do is call. I've bought about 4 out of pocket but they are so expensive.

My daughter had a little bit of hair let after the ABVD. A little fuzz...She did not lose the feeling in her fingertips not did they discolor. That must be from the ICE?? She did get a wig from the Cancer Society..doesn't wear on very often..although her 5 year old ...when they were going somewhere after the ABVD...told her Mom she needed to go put her wig on!!! She finished her ABVD in October....and her hair is about 3 inches long now. How long did you do ICE?
My daughter first had a lump on her neck come up. She was already stage 4...in her lymphs about and below the diaphram...in her bone marrow...but she has never lost weight, had night sweats or itching. She had a clear pet in August. Then two hot spots showed up in Feb. One in her medastinal. 1 x 5cm. and one smaller in the pelvis. We are so grateful that it is not back in her bone marrow....not sure what is coming next...but we will celebrate this Easter Day!! My brother also had hodgkin's when he was 32...he is now 57...he had a very large tumor wrapped around his aorta. So keep the faith!!

next time I will check my spelling...especially since my granddaughter (5) was helping me!!

Prochloreperazine is the generic for Compazine. I was never able to take it b/c I found out long ago that I was allergic to it when it was prescribed for nausea associated with a stomach flu I contracted. During my ABVD chemo treatment course, I was given Zofran as well as a steroid, Dexamethasone. They tried me on Zofran (which is AMAZING, btw) and Reglan to start, however, I found that I had the same psychotic reaction to Reglan that I did with Compazine. I have heard about Emend and hear it is the latest and greatest, however, I've never tried it.

I had next to NO NAUSEA at all during my treatment. I always stayed hydrated and used sports drinks such as Zero (since I don't eat or drink sugar). I always kept a little something in my stomach to keep it constant AND I took Vitamin B6, which is being investigated as to whether that was the golden key that prevented me from long term peripheral neuropathy towards the completion of my treatment.

I am suffering from large b cell lymphoma... I HIGHLY recommend emend ... It is very expensive and some insurance will not pay for it. Some pharmacies even have to order it because they do not keep it on hand.

My husband did take the Emend for the first 3 days following chemo and it did work along with the steroids. By the 4th day he was prescribed the Compazine and it made his sugar skyrocket. He is type 1 diabetic. We are currently trying alternative to see if that will be a better treatment regimen than chemo. How are you doing with your treatment and what chemo drugs do they have you on?

I just finished 6 rounds of chemo that included an antibody. I was diagnosed with stage 1 lymphoma in November. I Just got first clean PET scan 3 days ago.
towards the last of the six treatments just the thought of the next treatment made me experience nausea. Zofran and Phenergan kept nausea at bay but Emend eliminated nausea all together.

My Grand Daughter was diagnosed with Hodking Nodular Lymphoma in Gebruary. She is 22 yrs old. She is a part time College student and works full time at as a hostes at a Restaurant. She is on ABVD Chemo treatment and takes compazine for nausea. She just had her 3rd chemo treatment last Friday April 30. She has been doing pretty good no nausea or fatigue after chemo we are hoping it will continue with the grace of God. My concern is she went back to work last week in order to keep her insurance she is only working 2 days a week she gets 3 shots of Neupogen after her chemo treatment this is suppose to keep her white blood cell count up is any one familiar with this drug? I will appreciate your reply.