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Don’t ever call Hodgkin’s Lymphoma ‘the good cancer’. Karina Carrel’s harrowing yet inspirational story sheds light on a misunderstood form of cancer, and chronicles how the process of beating lymphoma made her stronger than ever. With her six-month-old son Jaivan sleeping soundly in his cot, Karina Carrel let out a silent scream. Diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma at just 30, the vibrant mum of three young kids had done her best to stay outwardly positive for her family, but something had to give. “I was just numb, walking through a fog, saying ‘I’ll be fine, don’t worry about it’. Then the day that it hits you… I was lucky that I was on my own. I woke up in the morning and my husband Paul had gone to work and I thought ‘What if something does happen to me? What if I die? What if my kids are left without a mother?’ I had my first honest-to-god breakdown.”
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URV I VO R . T E ACH E R . BE R AT O R . Photography Elaine Wang
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You’re no doubt already aware what a sweet tooth does to your actual teeth, as well as your waistline. But what you might not know is how excess sugar affects you at a cellular level… where it’s cancer fuel.