By chance, when I was looking for the American Cancer Society on Twitter, I came across someone close to Neil's age who had just been diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma...same stage as Neil and at nearly the same time.
Long story short, he now talks to Neil via email and I am talking to his wife. They live in Finland. He is having the same chemo (even on the same days!!!) as Neil--just a treatment behind. It's been nice that we can each talk to someone in our unique positions and it's cool to be able to offer advice since the whole process is really overwhelming until you get into a routine.
When his wife emailed me, she told me how her husband found out--almost the exact same way as Neil. He went to the doctor after months of feeling a lump in his neck while she bugged him to go to the doctor! When they felt it, they ordered a biopsy, just as Neil's doctors did with him.
They were even in the middle of looking for a condo when he was diagnosed--just as we were building our house when we found out. Sadly, they were not able to go through with purchasing their home...which I can totally understand because our house was a big question mark for a while too.
I just thought that was an interesting story to share! What are the chances?
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