Patient Stories
Serious health conditions often make you feel like you're all alone. But you're not. Over the years, many patients from Seattle Cancer Care Alliance have shared their stories with us so that we may share them with you.
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Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Survivor, Carolyn KlokeWorking just three days a week at an optometrist’s office, Carolyn Kloke remembers feeling very tired and began to experience acid reflux that progressed over time. “I woke up in extreme pain and took an antacid,” Carolyn recalls. “I wasn’t ill, but called the doctor the next day. My nurse practitioner found a mass, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
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Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Survivor, Roger SweetAt 72 years young, Roger Sweet can still pull off 32 chin ups. Not a feat that many people of any age can claim, nor one who has survived follicular large cell non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
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Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Survivor, Tricia PageTricia Page is a teacher in the small town of Manson, Washington. It’s a great place to live and raise your kids. But when she was diagnosed with follicular lymphoma, she went to Wenatchee Valley Medical Center, a mere two-to-three hour drive round-trip from home
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