Alix Maitland, 20, was shocked when she was diganosed with stage four Hodgkin's Lymphoma
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.
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. "It drains you of almost all your energy so you do spend the majority of the time sleeping. I get chemo every second Monday so the second week has been a lot better I’ve been up and about and have met up with friends which has been good."
Alix added: "When you’re diagnosed it doesn’t seem real. It’s definitely been hard and many tears have been shed but at the end of the day, you need to pick yourself up and fight.
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