A woman has shared the three important symptoms she overlooked before being diagnosed with stage 4 cancer.

Georgie Swallow, a content creator from London, UK, was just 28 when she learned the heartbreaking news that she had stage 4 Hodgkin lymphoma and would no longer be able to have children due to the early menopause caused by cancer treatment.

She admitted that she ignored several warning signs for about a year and a half, attributing them to fatigue and stress.

It wasn’t until doctors gave her the diagnosis that she fully understood the gravity of her illness.

She shared, “After being off work for two weeks due to a severe flu, I returned to the office and, while sitting at my desk, noticed a lump the size of a peach on the side of my neck.”

“At that point, I wasn’t overly concerned because I never imagined there could be anything seriously wrong with me, which was naïve.”

Georgie admitted that she felt like she was “wasting everyone’s time” during her doctor visits and dismissed her symptoms.

Now 32, Georgie revealed how cancer and its intense treatments have affected both her physical and mental health. In an effort to help others, she’s sharing the three main signs of lymphoma she ignored at the time.