Giri Palani,
Nasopharyngeal cancer
Giri was starting his first year of medical school when he was diagnosed with nasopharyngeal cancer.
“I had constant nose bleeds, was falling sick more often, and had lump at the side of my throat as big as a bottle cap, but I kind of brushed them off”
Giri finally went to see an ENT specialist when someone pointed out the lump, and was told he had stage 3 nasopharyngeal cancer. The cancer had spread to both right and left of his lymph nodes along with his neck.
“I had to undergo 35 sessions of radiation and seven sessions of chemotherapy for two months,” he says. “One thing I did not expect was how weak I was going to be after treatment.
“Despite what I’ve been through, I’ve learned a lot of things:
1) Medical school was not the best option for me so I switch to biomedical science instead.
2) No need to stress over little things like being late for classes and
3) live my life to the fullest. Now, I do things in life at my own pace.”
Giri palani beat cancer at the age of 19. Now he is part of our young cancer survivors group.
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