A woman has shared the three important symptoms she overlooked before being diagnosed with stage 4 cancer.
Georgie Swallow, a content creator from London, was just 28 when she was told she had stage 4 Hodgkin lymphoma. She also learned cancer treatment had caused early menopause, meaning she could no longer have children. “Cancer can take a lot from you, but losing my fertility before I had the chance to have children was particularly tough,” she said.

Georgie admitted she ignored signs for over a year, thinking they were due to stress. “I returned to the office after having the flu and noticed a lump the size of a peach on the side of my neck,” she shared. “I wasn’t overly concerned because I never imagined there could be anything seriously wrong.”

The three symptoms she overlooked were itchy legs, night sweats, and extreme fatigue. “I would scratch until my skin broke. No cream or lifestyle change helped,” she explained. She also battled constant colds, weight loss, and exhaustion.

Now 32, Georgie raises awareness about lymphoma’s subtle signs. “You can easily dismiss the symptoms as something else,” she warned, adding that early menopause felt like being “hit by a bus.”