I was diagnosed with cancer in November in 2023 when I was 32 years old. I was originally diagnosed with stage IV lymphoma but that diagnosis was updated to leukemia. Soon after my diagnosis, I got accepted into a clinical trial, but after the first round, I was so sick that I ended up in the hospital with hypercalcemia where I could not walk or function properly. While in the hospital they started with my first round of regular chemo. I then went on to complete six rounds of chemo and I also had a bone marrow biopsy and PET scan, and fortunately, no cancer was found in my lymph nodes. After completing chemo I had to start working on preparing for a stem cell transplant. I was cleared and ready, but my two donors fell through and I started the process of finding a donor over again. In September, we found a new donor, and in October I underwent my transplant. I then spent a month in the hospital working on getting my counts up, fighting mucositis, and working on coming home. I am currently still working on my counts.
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