Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma | How I Got Through Diagnosis & Treatment | Paige's Story | The Patient Story

After feeling intense chest pain, nausea and losing weight at a rapid pace, 28-year-old Paige, first thought it was just because of a stomach ulcer. But after demanding for a CT scan, she was then diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. In this video diary, Paige shares her powerful and personal journey through diagnosis, treatment, hair loss and fertility preservation.

The interview has only been edited for clarity.

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Contents of this video:
00:00 - Intro
01:15 - Describe your first symptoms
02:58 - Processing your diagnosis
05:25 - Describe your treatment
09:59 - Thinking about family planning during treatment
15:07 - Words of advice

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[ThePatientStory]

We’d love to hear from you: what was the biggest lesson you learned in your own cancer diagnosis? Leave us a comment below 👇

[bevy_]

Hodgkins disease has been researched and they have come so far with preserving life . In all aspects of cancer it's getting better every single day
keep kicking ass
MDAnderson Cancer Center
TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER

[janereinhardt]

My dad had large B cell non-hodgkins lymphoma twice. He was in remission for 7 years before it came back, & i was with him 24 hours per day for his last 10 months. I used to work at Hoag Hospital & have been a patient there a few times too.

[Alexe]

God bless and keep you safe.
I'm shocked at the numbers of serious illnesses, at various stages, occuring now and in recent years. Five ppl I know, were just living, normal n healthy. No excessive anything. Just young n normal, like this brave lady.

Now they are gone! Just unreal. Not one of them had family history of respective diseases. I was told this. So v sad. I wish EVERYONE here the very best.

[alohatvn]

I love Paige's story of survival. The support team she has is so important. Wish you a very happy life.

[eon]

Thank you for sharing youre journey -
I'm trully angry with this horrible desease.
The hardest journeys are given to the sweetest souls... 💐💕

[KangaJack-nsgd]

Mass is found in the chests a lot with Acute Leukemia or '' Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma''. It usually manifests as dyspnea, '' Shortness of breath'' from a buildup of cancerous Lymph nodes known as a '' Mediastinal Mass''.

[lisalee]

I’m in remission from Lymphoma. It was stage 4 when it was found and I was so sick I was septic. 6 rounds of chemo like yours and it’s hell. Good luck

[pwyman]

I mean at least in your 20's your stronger than a 55year old and have that energy to fight. Great job!

[josianejojo]

Thank u for sharing
Take care n prayers 🙏❤️

[elisabettapaddon]

Thanks for sharing your journey beautiful 😍

[boraborabob]

Recently diagnosed with S4 lung cancer I watch all the videos I can to accumulate knowledge for my coming battle. And to a degree I appreciate them. However I have trouble getting my arms around sharing ones disease with family, friends, social media, strangers, etc. Life in general can be challenging and I'm not going to pile my problems onto others. Seems selfish to me

[kdo]

getting diagnosed is the critical point to save a person's life. I knew a person， canadian citizen， got an illnesss because the external medcial mandatory，and she has spent thousands of her savings tried to get diagnosed in the past a few years. hospitals would not even give out correct disgnosis. why? because no hospitals would like to admit her "was being mixed with another virus' injection's fault. canada especially ontario is like this for many years. i just witnessed her experience for the past 3 years. in fact, if she die now, her saved up assest will become mine. i believe ontatio government is helping me on this point. ( not too much, but enough for me to pay off mortgage, and inherit several real estate. ontario government is using this way to make original immigrants, and later naturalized citizen's money.

[apwmojack]

Congratulations on being cancer free.i don't know how I would handle it in my 20 .I found out because a saw a swollen lymph node not big no symptoms nothing then bam stage, 4 ldbc . After 3 rds of rchop vt CT scan showed it wasn't working . I should have been floored .But I see this as Gods way of bringing me back .he won't give me more then I can handle . So now I'm starting car t .in 3 weeks they come back and infuse me . Should be interesting either way . I'm no longer scared of death