Marathoner and TikTok Exec, 38, Has Stage 4 Most cancers

• A TikTok music government, 38, shared that he was recognized with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma following a half-marathon in Sydney
• Govind Sandhu says he was “the healthiest I’ve ever been” and “thought I used to be in the very best form of my life” earlier than the prognosis
• He’s now sharing his well being journey, starting with a two-day chemotherapy remedy

A 38-year-old marathon runner has shared a surprising stage 4 most cancers prognosis — and is now documenting his remedy for the illness.

“I’m 38 years previous and I’ve been recognized with stage 4 non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. What. The. Hell?” Govind Sandhu, the top of World Music Partnerships at TikTok Australia, mentioned in an Instagram video the place he shared his prognosis on Monday.

“This wasn’t precisely a part of my five-year plan,” he mentioned. “I assumed I used to be in the very best form of my life, the healthiest I’ve ever been. A Crossfitter who runs ultra-marathons and marathons, lives and breathes coaching, optimizes sleep and restoration, dietary supplements, diet.”

Sandhu continued, “I simply completed 75 Onerous” — the at-times controversial health plan that has landed some devotees within the hospital  — “and was in Bali for a few weeks coaching up a storm.”

He shared that he acquired the information of his most cancers after finishing the Sydney half-marathon.

“Speechless,” he mentioned.

“I ran the half-marathon together with being away a weekend prior in a distant a part of Australia operating trails with stage 4 non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma operating wild by way of my system,” he later elaborated, in accordance with The New York Put up.

Non-Hodgkins lymphoma is a sort of most cancers that begins within the lymph nodes, the Mayo Clinic says, the place white blood cells develop abnormally and may trigger tumors all through the physique.

Though Sandhu didn’t share his prognosis, Verywell Well being explains that the five-year survival price for several types of non-Hodgkins lymphoma ranges from 57% to 86%.

Following the marathon, Sandhu skilled flu-like signs, ache in his neck, knee, and shoulder, and “wild night time sweats” that saved waking him — signs that induced him to go to the physician, the NYP reported.

“You don’t know what you don’t know,” he later wrote on Instagram as information of his prognosis started to unfold. “E-book in for a basic verify up, get your bloods finished & converse to your GP. Fairly simple first step to be forward of the sport!

Sandhu is now sharing particulars of his most cancers journey, posting a photograph of a handful of six tablets — his “most cancers meds” — that he quipped “supercharged” him for “chemo administration day.”

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He posted a video within the automobile as he headed to Saint Vincent’s Non-public Hospital for a two-day chemotherapy session, saying, “To be sincere, feeling up for it. Had a superb night time’s sleep, had a superb dinner, had a beautiful breakfast this morning. And the way in which that I take a look at it’s that we’re one other step down on the street to restoration.”

Sandhu saved the constructive vibes going with a later video “tour de chemo ward,” flashing a peace signal as he acquired his remedy. 

“Very fortunate,” he captioned the video, and up to date followers following his second day of remedy. 

“Not feeling too dangerous,” he mentioned, admitting that the primary day was “so overwhelming.”

“Tremendous comfy, very fortunate,” he mentioned.

“All in all, a very profitable day — all issues thought-about.”