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Severe treatments comes with side effects , hope you pull through them alright , memory issues should pass after the worst part of the treatments . Pains may subside too , I believe .... please try to be okay .

Probably going to have to see a cardiologist soon because my heart rate’s been high and it’s felt like my heart is twitching sometimes. I have something at home that will measure pulse and blood pressure, I’m supposed to call to make a cardiology appointment if my resting heart rate is over 120 or so again, it dropped back below 100 after getting some IV fluids this morning. Fully expecting it to reach that point again by the end of the day.

Is the high heart rate caused by the chemo?

When I was in my 20s, I had a resting heart rate of about 95. They were so worried that they put me on an EKG machine right away (this was around 1985).

Is the tumor completely gone?

I now have a PET scan on Saturday, an appointment with a cardiology specialist on Wednesday, and a meeting with my oncologist on Thursday.

I hope they find that the tumor is gone....

I got a CT scan of my chest on Monday, and they found some areas of inflammation that they said could be due to early bronchitis or pneumonia, the paper report said it was lymph nodes that may be enlarged from the lymphoma. So I’m not entirely sure whether I should be hoping for bronchitis or for a little lymphoma action, because it’s probably one or the other. At least nobody said a word about COVID, so they weren’t suspecting that for some reason or other - the possibility didn’t even occur to me until my dad asked about it after I got home. Since my immune system’s down from the chemo, if I was getting COVID, I’d probably be getting very sick.

They should have tested you, to be on the safe side.

Thank you for the update ...... hope your lymph glands settle down after awhile on their own .
If you can handle vitamin C .that sounded like a good thought. Your entire system is liable to be pretty sensitive after those treatments . Must agree with kraftie about the Covid test , just as a precaution .. but if your not feeling like you got it , it sounds like your on the safe side . Hope you continue to improve .

I do already take vitamin C supplements, I started that as an immune booster when I started chemo. It’s been a few days now and I still don’t feel sick, though I would have asked about a precautionary COVID test if it had occurred to me while I was there. I’m guessing COVID would have been on the minds of the hospital staff, so if there was any reason to suspect it they’d probably have mentioned it, and that’s the attitude my mom, who would be the one to take me to get tested, is taking, too, she’ll need a more convincing reason to take me. If I could drive myself, I would rather err on the side of caution, at least so I’d know if I need to quarantine myself from the rest of my family, and so if I have it they’ll know to quarantine because they’ve been exposed. My mom is convinced there’s nowhere I could have picked it up since I only leave the house for medical appointments (because it’s impossible to pick anything up there ) and also that since my immune system is down, I would be very sick if I had it. I already have a reputation of being hypochondriac due to my hypersensitivity (so I notice things most people wouldn’t, and feel slight changes more significantly, so to me, things usually feels a lot worse than they would to most people), and I’m trying to do what I can to get rid of it.

COVID doesn't ALWAYS do "a lot of s**t to your lungs." In fact, it most frequently is a mild flu.

It does "a lot of s**t" to many parts of the body often enough for us to take the measures we've been taking against it.

Just as a thought , might read up on the amino acid L-lysine. To use as a additional immune supplement booster .
Just a thought . You really sound like you and your family got a handle on your safety and health well being .
Keep on , keepin on .