A 25-year-old young man fighting non-Hodgkin lymphoma is using social media to document his journey and support others throughout the country.Jace Yawnick, of Fort Myers, Florida, began using Instagram to share day-in-the-life videos after he was diagnosed in January of this year. His account, @JaceBeatsCancer, has now accumulated nearly one million followers on Instagram.”The first thing I did was go to the internet… it’s just incredible, it’s a beautiful side of social media that people don’t always see,” Yawnick said.The recent graduate from Florida Gulf Coast University told sister station WBBH that last year, he began experiencing chronic fatigue, a slight cough and back pain. His primary care physician attributed those symptoms to acid reflux and a sports injury.”After getting acupuncture, they said you might have a hernia in your chest. They brought it to my doctor’s attention and they ordered an x-ray. They didn’t find a hernia, they found …
Man battling cancer shares journey on Instagram [Video]
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