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Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
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Also known as: NHL · malignant lymphoma · lymph node cancer · B-cell lymphoma · T-cell lymphoma · non-Hodgkin · lymph cancer · lymphoma disease · diffuse large B-cell lymphoma · lymphosarcoma
Important note on this diagnosis — This text offers a psychological interpretation. With a cancer or tumour diagnosis, medical treatment belongs in the hands of physicians. BodySignal accompanies you in understanding the inner side of your symptom and complements medical care.
Your Body Is Speaking
Non-Hodgkin lymphomas are a group of cancers that arise in the lymphatic system — in precisely the network that flows through your body, cleanses it, and protects it. Lymph nodes swell, often painlessly. Fatigue spreads, night sweats, weight loss. The system that was supposed to ensure free flow — for defence, drainage, circulation — begins to block itself. Tissue proliferates where permeability should prevail.
Oncology researches genetic mutations, immune deficiencies, environmental factors. That is important. But BodySignal poses an additional question: What happens in a person whose flow system stops flowing? What backs up when the lymphatic system — the organ of inner movement and cleansing — becomes rigid?
The lymphatic system is the riverbed of your body. When it falls ill, it is worth asking what has stopped flowing in your inner life.
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