Trainee nurse diagnosed with lymphoma at just 19 reveals warning signs every young woman should know
NewsColony Trainee nurse diagnosed with lymphoma at just 19 reveals warning signs every young woman should know At 19, Jasmine Valentic was right on track to fulfilling her dream of becoming a nurse. The teenager from Wellington, New Zealand , had always wanted to help others and was in the middle of her second year at university, juggling hospital placements and study for her written exams with evening gym classes and weekend lunches with her friends. So when she noticed a pea-sized lump on the side of her neck one morning in October 2019, she assumed she was developing swollen glands from the stress of her busy schedule and saw a doctor who confirmed she was simply ‘run down’. But as weeks passed, the lump grew bigger and Jasmine to experience ‘extreme’ chest pains, inexplicable exhaustion and an irritating rash all over her body. Trainee nurse Jasmine Valentic in her home in Wellington, New Zealand, on Wednesday, April 15, 2020, three months after being diagnosed wit...