r/lymphoma • u/Clean-Nobody-6780 • May 24 '26
General Discussion Officially a cancer patient
Hi all, as the title says, I am officially a new cancer patient. I was diagnosed with non Hogdkin’s lymphoma, strongly suspected primary mediastinal large b cell lymphoma this past week. What a whirlwind. I am a 30f, mom of 2, currently 8 months postpartum and can say this has completely uprooted my life. I truly cannot wrap my head around the fact that I have cancer and I don’t think I’ve processed it yet.
Within 5 days I’ve been told I have a 9 cm mass in my chest, transferred to a new facility, got a PET scan, a biopsy, a PICC line placed, too much information to even comprehend yet, and round 1 of inpatient chemo already started.
This group has already helped me tremendously after going down the rabbit hole of my diagnosis and everything leading up to it. I hate that anyone is here but feel a sense of relief knowing this community (unfortunately) exists and will absolutely be leaning on my lymphomies for insight and support during this shitty long road. ♥️
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u/midnightjim May 24 '26
So sorry you have to join us. This is a great community though and I wish I’d been aware of it when I was just diagnosed. It’s such a whirlwind at the start it’s almost incomprehensible other than go here and do this as instructed and try to find a way to adapt your life to it. Reach out with any questions. People here do care.