Hi all, 

I am a 26yo male currently undergoing ABVD treatment for classical hodgkins lymphoma. I'm physically coping with treatment well and mentally I'm remaining surprisingly strong. I'm from a medical background so I understand what's happening to my body which I think helped me accept my diagnosis and crack on with treatment. I'm about to have my fourth treatment this week, so almost completed two cycles which has flown by. All signs are pointing towards the treatment being effective as my only palpable neck lymph node had disappeared completely, prior to treatment this was around 2cm in size. Unfortunately most of my enlarged lymph nodes are in my chest, so until my PET scan in two weeks we won't know for sure what the plan moving forward is (I'm very much hoping to drop the Bleomycin, it's an awful drug which I react with for several hours post treatment). I'm remaining positive though. 

I am just after some advice from anyone else who has been through or is currently going through ABVD treatment. During treatment and after treatment I'm struggling with nausea and vomiting from the taste of the chemotherapy, as the red devil enters my system the taste is enough to make me vomit. Its gotten to the point where even during my line care appointments, I'm tasting the saline when they flush my line which gives me flashbacks to treatment. As I've still got a long way to go through treatment I wondered if anyone has any tips that work/worked for them to hide this horrible taste!

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks,

Calum