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16.12.2022 - 21:47 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A Scots student nurse who was diagnosed with stage four cancer after experiencing no symptoms has told of how her life was turned upside down. Alix Maitland had been working 12-hour shifts as a student nurse during her second year at Edinburgh Napier University, as well as working at a local ice rink.
The 20-year-old felt no different from normal but after finding a pea-sized lump in her neck, she contacted her doctor. Alix initially believed she had swollen lymph nodes, as she has had a swollen gland in the side of her neck since she was a child.
But the young student was shocked when tests revealed the small lump was stage four Hodgkin's Lymphoma, which had spread to her neck, chest, bones, and spleen. She immediately started gruelling chemotherapy sessions and has had to take a leave of absence from university, Edinburgh Live reports.
She said: "On November 23, I went for a PFT - a test showing how well your lungs are functioning - on this day I met with my haemato-oncologist who told me that the cancer was stage 4 and was mostly in my neck, chest, spleen, and bones.
"This came as quite a shock because I felt so well doing things I would normally do, working 12.5 shifts as a student nurse alongside working in an ice rink as well. I couldn’t quite understand why it could be stage 4 as I was 'well'.
"On November 28, I went for my final scan which was an echocardiogram to check that my heart was strong enough to endure the treatment that was about to begin and on December 5 I received my first out of 12 rounds of chemotherapy. Chemo really did knock the life out of me, I was extremely sick despite taking anti-sickness medication and also had many areas of my body aching for days.
"It drains you of almost all your energy
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