“My message for my fellow cancer tribesmen is this: if you’ve been diagnosed, or you’re having the symptoms, or you’re doing treatment, and you’re doing everything wrong, and emotionally, you’re just shattered and everything’s broken and there’s nothing except this cold wind that blows through you every day from the moment you get up to the moment you fall asleep, that’s OK. You can still survive, and you can still turn it around. Don’t feel bad. It’s all right. Yeah, you’re a lump on the floor. You know what? Lumps on the floor? They have a right to live, too.” Luis is a self-described pessimist. When he was diagnosed with stage 4 non-Hodgkin lymphoma, he admits he took it pretty badly. As he was going through his R-CHOP and methotrexate chemotherapy, along with all the side effects, he learned how to manage the emotional roller coaster. In this segment, Luis shares how he got through scanxiety, fought the guilt, and honored his journey. In this Series: Our 3-part series with Luis covers everything from how he got diagnosed, to the intense chemotherapy regimen (R-CHOP + methotrexate) and getting through side effects, and living life after a cancer diagnosis - as a pessimist. Thank you, Luis, for sharing your story. Videos: (1 of 3) Getting Diagnosed with Lymphoma : (2 of 3) R-CHOP Chemotherapy & Dealing with Side Effects : (3 of 3) Cancer Survivorship (As a Pessimist) : THIS VIDEO Full story & transcript → The interview has only been edited for clarity. Join Our Community: Website : Facebook: @ThePatientStory Instagram: @ThePatientStory Twitter: @patient_story ______________________________ Contents of this video: 00:00 : Intro 01:17 : processing emotions through the high and lows 06:20 : Dealing with the hair loss 08:09 : Getting though "scanxiety" 10:49 : Dealing with cancer as a pessimist ______________________________ #thepatientstory #patientstories #cancerstories #cancerpatient #cancersurvivor #nonhodgkinlymphoma #dlbcl #lymphoma #stage4