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A medical student shares his experience when he was diagnosed with lymphoma cancer. He never suspected that the cough and voice changes he experienced were signs of cancer.
Maddy Elleby, from Farnhamm, England, first felt unwell on holiday two years ago, but dismissed it as a cold. The 18-year-old said his symptoms continued after returning to the UK and doctors prescribed him antibiotics and an inhaler.
However, the medication did not relieve her cough and she experienced numbness in her arm and a lump on her collarbone. After undergoing tests, he was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
Originally, Elleby was in Sweden with her family two years ago when she first fell ill. But a month after returning to England, he was still suffering from a cough that made his voice sound like a ‘seagull’.
While looking for the type of disease according to the symptoms, he discovered Hodgkin’s lymphoma. He asked his brother about this but his family thought he was joking.
However, the lump began to grow and Elleby convinced herself that she had cancer. He went back to see the doctor, who sent him for a neck X-ray and ultrasound.
“I want to come in [belajar] medicine, so I’m medically aware. “The doctor listened to me and asked me to do an ultrasound and x-ray within a week and do blood tests,” he told DailyMail.
In January 2021, Elleby was told she had Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Elleby chose to only tell the news to her closest family and friends and continue her studies.
In February 2021, he started chemotherapy at the Royal Surrey County Hospital and arranged his sessions around his class schedule. He was diagnosed with stage 4 lymphoma cancer, which is usually very successful with this treatment.
“I shaved my head and put on a wig and pretended I had a haircut,” he said.
At the age of 17, thinking the cancer would no longer appear after chemotherapy, unfortunately he discovered another lump on his collarbone. Once again, he had to undergo intensive chemotherapy and spent a lot of time in the hospital.
“The first scan showed that the drug was working well, but the second scan showed the progress had stopped and the tumor was growing back,” he explained.
Elleby then had a stem cell transplant in May 2022. Two years since her diagnosis and now 18 years old, Elleby is once again cancer-free.
He will have scans every three months for a year and then every six months for three years after that so medics can monitor him.
While receiving treatment, the student repeated her first year at college and is now continuing to study medicine at the University of Liverpool.
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2023-11-13 04:00:32
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