Cancer Survivor Story: How I Got Diagnosed & Made Treatment Decisions | The Patient Story

Nina shares her entire in-depth story of living with stage 4 diffuse large b-cell lymphoma, the most common type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, bringing us from her first symptoms, treatment decision making, chemotherapy and side effects, hair loss, and how she used social media to help inspire others.

Nina's full written story will be up at thepatientstory.com/cancers/non-hodgkin-lymphoma soon!

VIDEO 1 (This video): How I Got Diagnosed & Treatment Decisions
VIDEO 2: Going Through Chemotherapy, Side Effects & Hair Loss →    • Cancer Survivor Story: Getting Throug...  
VIDEO 3: Navigating Life with Cancer (Quality of Life Topics) →    • Cancer Survivor Story: How I Deal wit...  

VIDEO TOPICS BY TIME CODE:
(3:38) How I figured out something was wrong
(5:20) First time going to get medical care (during COVID!)
(7:00) Dealing with the wait for answers
(8:24) Describing the first biopsy
(11:00) Getting "the call"
(13:45) Processing the diagnosis
(14:27) How I broke the news to my loved ones
(17:00) The bone marrow biopsy (getting poked 4 times!)
(19:28) Guidance on the bone marrow biopsy