My name's Ryan Oliver, I'm 19 years old, and I'm just asking for support through this.

In the middle of December 2020, I ended up feeling sick and felt lumps in my throat so I took myself to my local Urgent Care to see if they could help me with anything. While I was there, they said it was just common swollen lymph nodes and then told me I had strep throat and just went with some antibiotics. Throughout the following days I was only feeling worse and worse. My mom ended up taking me to my doctor and she said that everything seemed normal other than that when she listened to my breathing, something sounded off. She had us go straight to a radiologist to get an X-Ray where we were only in the building for roughly 20 minutes. After me and my mom left, they said they'll call us back shortly with results. Roughly 15-20 minutes after leaving, my mom received a call saying there was an unknown mass in my chest and that we would need to go to the emergency room immediately and that they had already called ahead for us. We arrived at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta in the evening of December 23rd, where I got a CT scan and was placed into the Pediatric ICU. On Christmas Eve, December 24th, I had a biopsy on the mass. While waiting for the results, I also had a PET scan on December 28th. After I got back from the PET scan, I was taken to the Aflac Cancer & Blood Disorder floor. After getting back from the PET scan, we received results from the biopsy. I was then diagnosed with Stage 2B Hodgkin's Lymphoma. 

It's now April 1st, 2021. I just started my 5th and last cycle of chemotherapy, but will still need to go through some Radiation therapy after this cycle.

Throughout these last 4 months I haven't been able to work at all since I worked a labor intensive job at an Amazon Warehouse. Due to how Chemotherapy has effected me, I still can't work and won't be able to work for the next few months even after treatment. It's been relatively difficult to carry on a normal life outside including things like buying food, paying for gas, or just paying for basic every day needs, as well as helping with certain medicines/prescriptions that insurance couldn’t fully cover. Nothing is necessary, but anything would be extremely appreciated.