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My fiancé (29 male) was diagnosed with DLBCL. He has a 4cm mass near his t12 and a small nodule near his t11 on his back. His only symptom was back pain which led to a MRI. His DLBCL is only shown in those two areas on his PET scan and hasn’t spread and is not in spinal fluid. They considered it stage one for what that is worth. He completed his first round of Pola-RCHP Monday and so far isn’t have any symptoms outside of a bit more tired, but so far has been able to keep up walking and light weight lifting. I know this may change throughout treatment. His mental attitude has been mostly really strong so far and I want to match that or be there for him when he falls apart. I want to live a loooooong happy beautiful life together. I would love any words of encouragement or positive stories!!

Hi all! My fiancé is 29 male and was recently diagnosed with stage one DLBC lymphoma (discovered by back pain). It was really shocking as he is young, fit and healthy. He just had his first round of pola-RCHP yesterday and so far is feeling okay. He is really positive and has been handling this really well.

I am 28 female and have been mentally struggling. He had a scary passing out incident where I called 911 post-diagnosis pre-treatment that was chalked up to vasalvagal after many scans/tests, but deeply shook me. I want to be my best self to be there for him and feel badly I have been so anxious. We have a large support system which have been super helpful.

We were supposed to have the “happiest year of our life” getting married this October but have decided to push the big wedding given he’ll hopefully be finishing chemo late August and will need time to recover. This is a bit of a rant, but just hoping to hear from other young caregivers and any words of wisdom. We are the first people in our social circle to have gone through cancer or any kind of serious health condition.