Cancer Gets in the Way of Adulting in Many Ways

I’m almost three years out from being diagnosed and treated for Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and I’m learning from experience that cancer never quite goes away. Both physically and emotionally I am living with the residual side effects of my treatment, and it is rough.

Cancer Treatment Doesn’t End After Chemotherapy

It was March 3, 2022 and I was checking my online chart to see what was going on with me.

I went through a sonogram, a biopsy, and various other blood tests to check out the large growth on my neck. “The immunophenotypic features of the large, atypical cells are consistent with the diagnosis of classic Hodgkin lymphoma,” the words hit me like a train running me over at 100 miles an hour.