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Lara Muller, a "fit and healthy" 22-year-old woman in England, was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma, a type of blood cancer, in June

Before her diagnosis, medical professionals blamed Muller's tiredness on being anemic, and her back pain on sitting down all day at her new office job

"I felt like I was going crazy. I knew there was something wrong with me and I was just getting worse but no one was hearing it," she said

A 22-year-old in England is speaking out about receiving a devastating diagnosis after doctors first told her she was likely just experiencing back pain due to having a new office job.

Lara Muller, from the town of Guildford in Surrey, England, first started having symptoms — including a sore neck and back while suffering a chest infection — in December 2024

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