YouTube star Hank Green reveals he has Hodgkin’s lymphoma

Los Angeles, May 20 : Veteran YouTube personality Hank Green told his three million subscribers that he has Hodgkins lymphoma.

Green has been around since YouTubes early days, active since 2007.

He also hosts podcasts with his brother John Green, author of The Fault in Our Stars, reports Deadline."So there have been a bunch of times over the last few weeks where this has become more and more real.

This is the big one," Green said at the top.I noticed that my lymph nodes were big.I talked to my doctor.She said, Its probably nothing.""Well send you in for an ultrasound.

I got an ultrasound, and the tech in the ultrasound room was like, Im going to go get a doctor. Thats not what you want to have happened," he continued.A biopsy delivered grim news.

"When youre in the American health care system, you dont expect things to move quick," he added."Thats not what it does.Thats not what it looks like.

When it starts to get a little efficient, its actually quite disconcerting."Green will soon begin chemotherapy, and said he was thankful for his support system.

"All of the time that I have spent investing in friendships, and even when they have been hard, to try and keep them strong, and even when I have been busy, to try and spend time with them, has been joyful in the moment and wise in the long term," he said."Ive really needed friends in the last few weeks, and Ive been very grateful to have them.

"Green also assured his fans that he maintains a positive outlook and will "play it by ear" regarding his upcoming projects.Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) is a type of lymphoma in which cancer originates from a specific type of white blood cell called lymphocytes, where multinucleated Reed-Sternberg cells (RS cells) are present in the patients lymph nodes.

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