Fatigue can be a common symptom among physical education teachers and people who exercise frequently. But for young North American Lee Trautman, 22, who lived this lifestyle, it was exhaustion that revealed a much more serious problem: cancer.

Young man diagnosed with cancer after feeling very tired – Photo: Reproduction – Instagram @LEE_TROUTMAN

At age 20, Trautman trained 12 hours a day in addition to his students. In 2021, when he went to the doctor, unable to walk, talk or eat, and having lost half his body weight, he was diagnosed with mononucleosis.

In another round of tests, doctors discovered HLH (hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis), a type of immune system reaction that can cause organs to shut down, as well as NHL (non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma), a type of cancer that also affects the immune system. body immunity.

However, Trautman’s condition was serious and had spread to his brain, spine, liver, ribs and hips.

Today, Trautman is in remission from cancer and undergoes regular checkups and checkups.

“If anyone is going through something like this, stay strong, keep fighting and don’t give up. If the doctors have given up, find a new doctor.”

“My mother and I found a doctor who agreed to take on my case – he gave me hope with a 5% chance of survival,” he told the British tabloid Daily Mail. “He said if I survived the lymphoma and aggressive cancer treatment, I would need a bone marrow transplant. And after that I will have a 70% chance of survival.”

Before the bone marrow transplant, Trautman’s lungs collapsed twice and he was placed on a ventilator and fed through a stomach tube. After the vent was removed, the young man had to undergo months of rehabilitation to regain his weight, while undergoing chemotherapy to get him strong enough to undergo surgery.

He estimates he received at least 50 platelet transfusions during that time.

In May 2022, Trautman was finally able to undergo a bone marrow transplant. After the procedure, the young man underwent another 200 days of quarantine and took about 63 types of medications daily to prevent rejection.