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Ending My Twenties With Hodgkin’s LymphomaMy twenties will be book-ended by illness. At 20, I was diagnosed with the incurable GI disease ulcerative colitis. The next decade brought trauma, adventure, and growth. At 29, I’m battling Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and wondering whether illness can make me stronger — again.
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My twenties will be book-ended by illness. At 20, I was diagnosed with the incurable GI disease ulcerative colitis. The next decade brought trauma, adventure, and growth. At 29, I’m battling Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and wondering whether illness can make me stronger — again.
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Erica Schecter
Writer and editor in New York. In 2016, at the age of 29, I underwent treatment for Hodgkin’s lymphoma. ericajschecter.com