From 2017 to 2018, at the age of 36, I was battling stage IV non-Hodgkins lymphoma.

I was also single.

In a way, I was looking for permission to take a wellness sabbatical from the dating rat race.

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Surprisingly, he simply gave me the all clear.

Use a condom, and stay away from people who are sick.

(Maybe this time it would be different?)