In a startling video launched on Friday, veteran YouTube persona Hank Inexperienced advised his three million subscribers that he has Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
Inexperienced has been round since YouTube’s early days, energetic since 2007. He additionally hosts podcasts along with his brother John Inexperienced, creator of “The Fault in Our Stars.”
“So there have been a bunch of instances over the previous few weeks the place this has change into increasingly more actual. That is the large one,” Inexperienced mentioned on the high.
“I observed that my lymph nodes have been massive. I talked to my physician. She mentioned, ‘It’s most likely nothing. We’ll ship you in for an ultrasound.’ I bought an ultrasound, and the tech within the ultrasound room was like, ‘I’m going to go get a health care provider.’ That’s not what you need to have occurred,” he continued.
A biopsy delivered grim information.
“Whenever you’re within the American well being care system, you don’t count on issues to maneuver fast,” he added. “That’s not what it does. That’s not what it seems to be like. When it begins to get slightly environment friendly, it’s really fairly disconcerting.”
Inexperienced will quickly start chemotherapy, and mentioned he was grateful for his assist system.
“The entire time that I’ve spent investing in friendships, and even after they have been arduous, to try to preserve them robust, and even when I’ve been busy, to try to spend time with them, has been joyful within the second and sensible in the long run,” he mentioned. “I’ve actually wanted associates in the previous few weeks, and I’ve been very grateful to have them.”
Inexperienced additionally assured his followers that he maintains a constructive outlook and can “play it by ear” relating to his upcoming initiatives.
