Battling Lymphoma

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My name is Kayla. I am 21 years old and I created this blog to document my journey. I was recently diagnosed with a type of cancer; Hodgkin Lymphoma (stage II). My course of treatment for the next 4-6 months will be chemotherapy. Although Hodgkin Lymphoma has a very good prognosis - it is still very frightening to be diagnosed with a serious illness. Hopefully my blog will help others fighting this disease as well as the family members and friends who support them :)

The Glass Is Half Full

     I feel like right now I am approaching a new stage in the game. These past three months have at times felt like they were never going to end, but at other times seemed to have really escaped me. I have completed 6 rounds of chemo and now I have 6 more to go. I’m so glad to be half way through, but sometimes it still gets me down. It will still be another 3 months ofthis.This,as in feeling crappy every other week, not being able to do things that I took for granted like going to the movie theater, getting my nails done or going to a concert, and having constant anxiety about my health. Even though I know that I have 3 more months of treatment and that things are going really well *knock on wood* sometimes it still feels like this is a nightmare that won’t end. When I start to think like this I try to keep in mind that this is just a new chapter that I will have to deal with. Instead of thinking about how awful I’m going to feel in a week I want to start thinking about what I’m going to do when this is all over! It’s exciting to think about all of the good things like going back to work and being able to do things that I love doing again!

— 10 months ago

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