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My name is Yannick (Ya-neek), and I'm 26. I was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma 2 years ago, at the age of 24. I can't believe I have been fighting this for 2 years. When I first learned that I had cancer, my doctors comforted me by telling me that "this is the best cancer to get if I had to get cancer." I happen to be suffering from a more aggressive form of Hodgkin's Lymphoma, according to my doctors it's rare to see such an aggressive form of Hodgkin's Lymphoma, suffering from the rare diseases is commonplace for me. It seems as though everything I go through has to be difficult, I can never just cruise around the obstacle.
I have gone through 3 different types of chemo without ever having gone into remission. The first chemo was a standard chemo regiment of ABVD, in the beginning it seemed to be working and then half-way through I stopped responding and the cancer spread more. Then I had to do what they call a second-line chemo to get the cancer back under control and shrink the cancer sites. Over the summer I was give a high dose chemotherapy and had a autogolous stem-cell transplant (used to be called a bone marrow transplant). Right now all the lumps I could feel are gone and I am anxiously waiting for my P.E.T Scan so that I can hear I am in remission. I am fearful of hearing that the chemo didn't work, or finding out that I am in remission and later finding out that the cancer has returned.
I joined this group so that I can find people that I can talk to in a more anonymous environment, I have trouble speaking about what I am going through and my experience in front of people I don't know. Sorry for being so long-winded.
I have gone through 3 different types of chemo without ever having gone into remission. The first chemo was a standard chemo regiment of ABVD, in the beginning it seemed to be working and then half-way through I stopped responding and the cancer spread more. Then I had to do what they call a second-line chemo to get the cancer back under control and shrink the cancer sites. Over the summer I was give a high dose chemotherapy and had a autogolous stem-cell transplant (used to be called a bone marrow transplant). Right now all the lumps I could feel are gone and I am anxiously waiting for my P.E.T Scan so that I can hear I am in remission. I am fearful of hearing that the chemo didn't work, or finding out that I am in remission and later finding out that the cancer has returned.
I joined this group so that I can find people that I can talk to in a more anonymous environment, I have trouble speaking about what I am going through and my experience in front of people I don't know. Sorry for being so long-winded.