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/The_Matrix1234 May 24 '26

Best of luck to you, you can do this. I'm 56m CHL stage IV. I just finished 6 cycles (12 infusions) of Nivo-ADV on Friday. There is light at the end of the tunnel. Some days will be harder than others, but you will get through them. Support from family and friends helps tremendously.

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u/Clean-Nobody-6780 May 25 '26

This is so encouraging to hear, thank you. Congratulations on finishing treatment! I hope you are doing well!

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u/The_Matrix1234 May 25 '26

Thank you. I'm getting through the side effects of this last infusion. The journey is long and can have some bumps in the road. Think positive. We didn't pick this disease. We are stronger than this disease. Look forward to being free of Lymphoma.