New York cancer survivors share stories to inspire others at Lymphoma Research Foundation's annual gala

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Advocates, doctors and survivors gathered at the Ziegfeld Ballroom on West 54th Street for the occasion.

Paula Ngon of Manhattan told CBS New York she was diagnosed in April 2021 after one morning when she noticed her lymph nodes were swollen .

"I went to the emergency room and they basically me unless you're bleeding out on the floor, don't come to the emergency room. I booked an appointment with a PCP I found on Zocdoc the next day and she was a woman of color and I immediately felt seen and heard," said Ngon."She did a chest X-ray and an ultrasound and told me she saw a shadow in my chest ...

"I've been in treatment for five years with a very rare form of T-cell non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma for which there is no cure," said Ilyse Leibowitz, of Dix Hills."They are coming up with new treatments everyday and I have finally found one that's working that was just FDA approved a couple of years ago ...

 

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