My life and the lives of many across the world have been deeply affected by lymphoma.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
By making more people aware of lymphoma, Worldwide Lymphoma Awareness Day hopes to save lives by increasing early diagnosis and suitable treatment.
I had a unique form: a Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
Like millions of others, I have been plagued by the devastating effects of cancer hitting not one, but multiple members of my family.
I wish I could never spend another second talking about cancer and all it does to everyone it surrounds, but unfortunately, that cannot be because of my life.
When I was diagnosed with cancer, like so many other people, my life changed forever.
I am not a doctor or a scientist, but merely a passionate layperson, a filter, a messenger. I spoke with so many patients who are living normal, happy, fulfilled lives, and their enthusiasm and great quality of life convinced me that you can indeed live with cancer.
Not many people come through esophageal cancer and live to talk about it, or not for long.
I was diagnosed with lupus, and I've been through chemotherapy.
I have been unexpectedly confronted with my own mortality as I was told that I had cancer.
I have been extremely lucky; I am a person who is currently living with a cancer that is under control.