Terry Ng, a 32-year-old male nurse, and YouTuber in Hong Kong was recently diagnosed with lymphoma. Ng shares his journey of battling cancer online to support those who suffer from similar illnesses with side effects from chemotherapy treatment.
As a marathon runner, Ng says he does not smoke or drink, and his family has no history of cancer. So his lymphoma diagnosis in August came as a surprise.
In Ng’s YouTube video posted on Dec. 12, he said he had completed six chemotherapy sessions and had high expectations that all his cancer cells would be cleared. But his doctor told him that he had developed an abnormal pericardium.
Cancer Diagnosis
Ng started his channel, “Tung Tung Noodles,” a year ago and posted videos about singing, traveling, and health and nursing advice such as how to wash hands properly to minimize germs, how to prevent accidental falls and signs of someone having a stroke.Ng also posted videos of his experience working at one of the COVID-19 quarantine centers at the Asia World Expo in April and of being infected with COVID-19 on Feb. 22.
Everything changed on Aug. 17, when he announced his cancer diagnosis in a video titled “Anti-cancer Special-1.”
Ng loved working in the medical field. Being an only child, he said his biggest dream is to get married and have a family and children.
While replying to one of his followers who also had cancer, Ng wrote, “the biggest impact on your illness is your mindset. Try to relax and let go of everything that bothers you. Go with the flow. Meanwhile, if time and energy allow, do something you have always wanted to do.”
Ng admitted to another follower that he had taken three vaccine shots, the last one on March 18.
A netizen named Kalila, also suffering from cancer, commented that she noticed many new cancer cases and suspected these phenomena might be linked to the COVID-19 vaccine. She wrote, “On May 21, I had my third COVID-19 vaccine ...... I was diagnosed with cancer on July 9 ..... On Aug. 15, I had my first chemotherapy session.”
Although no evidence links cancer to the COVID-19 vaccines, the mandatory vaccination in Hong Kong does not convince Hongkongers of its efficacy, especially with confusing reports.
According to the Hong Kong government’s data, the number of people diagnosed with COVID-19 after receiving the second and third doses accounted for 36.16 percent and 39.13 percent of the total confirmed cases, respectively. The results are two times higher than the 14.81 percent of confirmed cases without vaccination.
During the European Parliament hearing on Oct. 10, a senior executive of Pfizer pharmaceutical, J Small, admitted before the vaccine was released, the pharmaceutical manufacturer did not test whether the vaccine would prevent COVID-19 from spreading.
Hope for the Future
In such an uncertain time, Ng says he has his religion and friends who care and pray for him.Ng told his followers, “this has already happened, and it is my reality. What else can I do other than face it positively and bravely?”
Ng adds that he feels that with such a different experience, why not try to educate and help others to understand? He believes perhaps this is a mission given to him by heaven.
Ng now uses his free time to write and realize his dream as a filmmaker. He hopes he can one day make a movie about nurses to inspire others.
