My Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Diagnosis: "My first Symptom was a Cough" | Stephanie's Story

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After her father’s Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis, Stephanie V. still never thought her persistent cough was anything more than allergies or asthma. But after her cough got worse, she was rushed to urgent care.
As doctors cleared fluid from her lungs, they found a mass in her chest. She was then diagnosed with stage 4 primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma, only two years after her dad’s diagnosis.
In this conversation, she voices how she processed her diagnosis, how she advocated for her health and how her father’s diagnosis impacted her cancer journey.
The interview has only been edited for clarity.
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  • @FitnesslovesFashion
    @FitnesslovesFashion Жыл бұрын

    Very happy you’re doing great❤❤❤. Thanks for this informative video. I recently had a chest X-ray due to a persistent cough that kept getting diagnosed as an allergy. Fortunately, my chest X-ray was negative of any masses. My Mom was diagnosed with Stage 3 Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma in January. She’s doing better and just completed chemotherapy treatment number three.

  • @user-nq7lr8fy8p

    @user-nq7lr8fy8p

    9 ай бұрын

    What did your cough end up being?

  • @FitnesslovesFashion

    @FitnesslovesFashion

    9 ай бұрын

    Yet to be determined but I’m no longer coughing at all since I’ve been taking care of my Mom who lives in another state. My Doctor ordered allergy tests and an order to check for asthma. My chest X-ray was negative for any masses.

  • @user-nq7lr8fy8p

    @user-nq7lr8fy8p

    9 ай бұрын

    @@FitnesslovesFashion hm, okay. Well I’m glad that your test results came back okay. Let me know if you find anything else out, I know someone with a cough for years but doctors can’t seem to figure it out.

  • @sj460162
    @sj46016211 ай бұрын

    Thankyou for sharing. My father has just been diagnosed with Lymphoma and im really worried about him.

  • @shantavanee

    @shantavanee

    6 ай бұрын

    Praying for him🙏🏽

  • @honeysquishy2219
    @honeysquishy22197 ай бұрын

    Brave and strong, hope that you are well 🙏

  • @kimberlykimmie1728
    @kimberlykimmie1728 Жыл бұрын

    Congratulations to you both you’re amazing your spirit is just beautiful Your Dad had a stem cell transplant for Hodgkin’s lymphoma?

  • @kevanhubbard9673
    @kevanhubbard96737 ай бұрын

    Hodgkin's Lymphoma is relatively simple but Non Hodgkin's is a minefield of various types mainly B Cell with a small minority being T Cell and a tiny amount NK Cell.I developed one of those T Cell ones called Mycosis Fungoides which is probably the most common of them but still one 5 people in a million.I will have to have a Stem Cell transplant because of it this coming year (2024).

  • @lillyrocks2011

    @lillyrocks2011

    3 ай бұрын

    How was your diagnosis? I hope you feel better.❤ I hope to know why I have chest pain and my heart pumping strangely like needing more effort and air.

  • @nickywilks7928
    @nickywilks7928 Жыл бұрын

    Very well explained.

  • @yinnei1
    @yinnei1 Жыл бұрын

    Sometimes cancer cannot be spotted by a simple xray, it need further tests like mri, ct scan, biopsy, etc.

  • @lillyrocks2011

    @lillyrocks2011

    3 ай бұрын

    And a good radiologist, without a good interpretation the patient would be dismissed.

  • @stephenpittman4291

    @stephenpittman4291

    2 ай бұрын

    And the American medical system will bankrupt you for demanding all these tests- only the super to ultra rich can really afford all the existing, and certainly any ‘cutting edge’ treatment. It’s like everything else in this life, it’s all a crap shoot from which country you are born in to what parents you have to what genetics you inherit to what chance you have getting this terrible disease. I hope that in future generations, there are cures that are both 100% effective and available to everyone.

  • @shantavanee
    @shantavanee6 ай бұрын

    Glad you are doing great!🙏🏽

  • @barbcosgrove64
    @barbcosgrove64 Жыл бұрын

    You explain this very well. Get better soon 😷😷💪💪💪....

  • @ThePatientStory

    @ThePatientStory

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for watching!

  • @tanyadawnwalker3675
    @tanyadawnwalker3675 Жыл бұрын

    🙏🏼❤️

  • @splash6427
    @splash64275 ай бұрын

    🙏 ❤ 🙏

  • @marianapopescu753
    @marianapopescu7534 ай бұрын

    I don't understand people who present themself to a doctor only after months of not feeling well.. from ignorance??

  • @lolitaalmostgrown

    @lolitaalmostgrown

    2 ай бұрын

    I haven’t felt well for years, even been to the ER numerous times. I have a dozen specialists, and I’m always the one thinking of possibilities, not them. There’s the random doctor who gets a diagnosis spot on in the first visit, but in the end, I had five different diagnoses, taking years upon years of not feeling well and normal blood work all the while. Doctors tell you you’re aging, you’re under stress, you’re getting your period. Hell, I have Sjögren’s Disease, not once in 3 years have any of them attempted to screen for lymphoma. So, you know, that’s why people don’t go, they tried already and were dismissed, or they think it will resolve itself.

  • @user-nh6fg2en4l
    @user-nh6fg2en4l Жыл бұрын

    How old is She ?

  • @thisismyname007
    @thisismyname007 Жыл бұрын

    I skimmed the transcript and she never tells us which of the many, many “diseases” her NHL is. Is it marginal zone lymphoma? Is it Burkitt’s lymphoma. Maybe it’s diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Maybe it’s angioplasties yadadada!

  • @ThePatientStory

    @ThePatientStory

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for watching! Stephanie was diagnosed with Primary Mediastinal Large B-cell Lymphoma. Here is her full story: www.thepatientstory.com/patient-stories/non-hodgkin-lymphoma/pmbcl/stephanie-v/

  • @maximumcorruption
    @maximumcorruption Жыл бұрын

    Cancer rates have skyrocketed since the "safe and effective" was mandated. People coming down with all kinds of neurological diseases, like MS, strokes, lymphoma, heart attacks. The death rate has climbed exponentially in the last 1 1/2 yrs since the rollout. Crimes against humanity.

  • @SM-zm5hz

    @SM-zm5hz

    Жыл бұрын

    100% accurate . Trust “ the science “ 🤮 so glad I didnt !!!!

  • @Batony

    @Batony

    8 ай бұрын

    Okay guy

  • @nancydb1390

    @nancydb1390

    6 ай бұрын

    Yes, three of my five sisters diagnosed with cancer.

  • @STLhumanity314

    @STLhumanity314

    4 ай бұрын

    @@nancydb1390 what ages are they?

  • @nancydb1390

    @nancydb1390

    4 ай бұрын

    60,63,74. The two younger ones work in the medical field and highly vaxed.

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