Night Sweats with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma

[mickigirl]

Hi Guys, My husband has a Non- Hodgkins Lympoma, and he has had 3 chemos so far. He is still getting the night sweats though, and we thought they'd be gone by now.
Has anyone else had any experience such as this with the night sweats? Does anyone have any idea when we can expect them to disappear?
Are they an indication that the tumours are still present?
Any advice or infomation will be gratefully received.
Many thanks, Micki

[scared crazy]

My husband has had 5 rounds of chemo and he still continues to have night sweats. We contribute it to the chemo, not sure though he has been told he is responding to the chemo and lymphnode swelling is going down. Not sure if this is normal or not I guess we have never asked, but just so you know someone else is having the same problem... Good luck

[Trudi]

Trying to judge what is happening by the severity of nightsweats is difficult, because some people never get nightsweats at all & others will have them even with minimal disease. And, if I remember correctly, someone on a different message board posted once that they continued to have nightsweats for a few months after they went into remission. I can't swear to that though, as it was quite awhile ago.

I hope your husband starts feeling better soon!

[jamesatkins]

Im so sorry, i didnt read all of your post before i replied.
Whwn i first got sick my night sweats were cronic not unlike the discription you gave of your husband.
I have been fighting NHL now for 23 yrs and i cant remember how many reoccurances now.
I have just finished my second last does of C.H.O.P. chemo several weeks ago but only experienced a couple of night sweats over a week or so , but as i said just before or just after i was diognosed and given 6mnths to live at 17 you could have rung me out nightly.
Thats the trouble and something the Docs are slowly picking up on, every patient nomatter what cancer reacts differently to everthing that is given or done to them.