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Sharp Stomach Pain - David | Stage 4 Follicular Lymphoma | The Patient Story

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David started getting the flu and colds every few months and then started getting sharp stomach pain. But he and his wife had just survived a 9.0 magnitude earthquake, so he dismissed his symptoms. It wasn't until months later when he saw he doctor, he was diagnosed with stage 4 follicular lymphoma, a type of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

In this cancer vlog, David goes through his extensive treatment plan and how exercising and dieting has helped him get through the last 12 years of his diagnosis.

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Video Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:58 My first symptoms
03:12 Learning I had cancer
05:00 My stage 4 follicular lymphoma diagnosis
06:10 My treatment plan
08:10 Side effects of chemotherapy
10:23 What helped me get through chemotherapy
12:35 Targeted radiation
16:25 Going through a clinical trial
19:21 Going through a cell transplant
20:43 Keeping a positive mindset

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The interview has only been edited for clarity.

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20 Comments

@deedt8279 2 years ago

This is the first story I came across which he talks about surviving for 12+ years after treatment. That itself is positive.

@FlaGrown1955 2 years ago

12 years..
what a gift!

@barbarathomas5530 8 hours ago

Just diagnosed with the same type of lymphoma follicular incurable stage 4.

I am so glad you have reached remission. I pray I too can go into remission for an extended period of time. I wish you the best.

@marybaltikauskas4579 2 years ago

I was just diagnosed 11-23 with Follicular Lymphoma, stage 3. I’ve just finished round 5 of 6, and hope for remission. I’m 75, so our circumstances are different. You’ve been through so much, and I commend you for being a true warrior. May you live to be 100 young man, and may the rest of your journey be stress free, full of joy and love. Thank you for the video.❤

@Alohatvia 2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your story. You are an inspiration to others going through similar treatments 😊❤.

@DCrebuilding 2 years ago

Thank you all so much for the kind comments, I very much appreciate it. wish you all the best, and thank you for listening to my story, I hope it helps in some way

@fernemcallister6774 2 years ago

You’ve been through a lot. Prayers for you! Hoping for a full cure and a long and healthy life.

@islandbirdw 2 years ago

As a nurse, I must say you did such a nice job of explaining truthfully what and how you felt. Thank you for sharing your story.

@UnderHisWings0322 2 years ago

Praying for the best outcome possible 🙏 with God, ALL things are possible. He still works miracles!

@michelegawrys7286 2 years ago

Stay positive! What a great attitude! 🙏

@ukingly 2 years ago

Your a warrior and long may it last ❤

@janetbuder6066 1 year ago

My gosh, honestly, it's unreal how much you endured time after time. It sounds absolutely grueling. You are such a trooper. So strong and brave. So much chemo to bear. What a surprise diagnosis and life altering experience. How disheartening to have improvement and then return aggressively. What caring professionals to call and check up on you during the clinical trial. Lucky for you, you were fit to handle all this and then an infection in your Hickman line. But in a weird way, you got to eat for a few days to gather some strength. Wow 12 years doing well and MANY DECADES MORE!! Stem cell transplants are modern miracles. Wishing you and your wife only the best and may you continue to get stronger and thrive ❤️❤️❤️❤️

@steinervision7643 2 years ago

You are a brute! Keep up the good fight!!!

@tonypadilla9933 2 years ago

I had the same metal taste, especially with oranges and bananas. Thanks for sharing your story, there is a lot of wisdom in your experience

@chrisj8764 2 years ago

If it is worth anything reasonably fit and otherwise healthy 68M here have had a much easier time (so far) with stage 3A Follicular Lymphoma, although my abdominal tumour was large (20cm). Had a different chemo regime, Bendamustine and Rituximab and it was very tolerable. Kept hiking throughout, which was only difficult right at the start. Side effects were fairly minimal - vomited the first night, had some tiredness and medicine (Ondansetron) caused constipation. But otherwise just carried on working and living.

@Bernie_Quasaar 2 years ago

Great reward for all that hardship!

@crimenexdor 2 years ago

God bless you. Thankyou for your story 🙏💙

@stephaniewilson5284 2 years ago (edited)

Hearing C...word is so damned cruel. You are extremely brave. It sucks being sick. Nobody undersrands till it happens to them in the United states one out of two people will be effected by cancer. We serously need laws to protect against cooperate greed. Most everything around us and that goes in is contaminated. The treatments I feel like science is held back do to the mmoney the illness brings in. In the ninties a scientist friend worked on ways to fix teeth they.found out how to grow new teeth wxtremely cheap. The dentist association fought them and shut the treatment down.