Getting Diagnosed with Lymphoma | Luis’ Story (1 of 3) | The Patient Story | The Patient Story

“My garage door comes down. It's winter, it's cold, and my garage light goes out. So I'm sitting in a dark garage, in a car, and the pulmonologist says, ‘I'm sorry to tell you that I looked at your CT scan and there were some findings.’

In this segment, Luis describes how he got through his stage 4 non-Hodgkin lymphoma, specifically diffuse large b-cell lymphoma. He describes his first symptoms and what finally got him to go to the doctor’s.

In this Series: Our 3-part series with Luis covers everything from how he got diagnosed, to the intense chemotherapy regimen (R-CHOP + methotrexate) and getting through side effects, and living life after a cancer diagnosis - as a pessimist. Thank you, Luis, for sharing your story.

Videos:
(1 of 3) Getting Diagnosed with Lymphoma : THIS VIDEO
(2 of 3) R-CHOP Chemotherapy & Dealing with Side Effects :    • R-CHOP Chemotherapy & Dealing with Side Ef...  
(3 of 3) Cancer Survivorship (As a Pessimist) :    • Cancer Survivorship (As a Pessimist) | Lui...  

Full story & transcript → https://www.thepatientstory.com/cance...

The interview has only been edited for clarity.

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Contents of this video:
00:00 : Intro
00:45 : Tell us about yourself
02:08 : What were the first symptoms?
05:43 : Listening to yourself and your body
08:48 : Did you push for testing when symptoms got worse?
09:28 : The struggle to get seen by the right specialist
11:18 : Describe the CT scan experience
12:52 : The wait for results (scanxiety)
13:40 : Describe how you got the diagnosis
16:34 : Processing the diagnosis
18:43 : Breaking the news to loved ones
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