23-year-old diagnosed with stage 4 cancer after doctor told him to take painkiller

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“He woke up one morning and his face had blown up, as if he’d had an allergic reaction. I kept asking him if he was sure it wasn’t his hay fever.”

Kyle decided to go into work anyway, only to be sent home by his boss, who told him to seek medical attention. He was told by doctors that he could be suffering from mumps or blocked glands, and was sent home with antibiotics.

According to his sister, however, Kyle’s face only got worse.

“He sent me a picture of his face a couple of days later and it had swelled up even more,” Thomas said. “After another GP visit, he was told to go straight to hospital.”

This time tests, including an emergency CT scan, revealed that he had a large tumor in his chest. He was diagnosed with stage four diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) – a fast-growing type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma – that had spread to his bowl and tonsils.Continue reading…