My Doctors Blamed My Itch on Perimenopause. It Was Cancer.
February 16, 2026

(WSJ) – Two years, 11 doctors and one diagnosis later, I’ve learned a lot about how medicine can miss women’s symptoms
I was diagnosed with Stage 2 Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, a blood cancer for which a common symptom is a persistent itch. My doctors had been so focused on the most likely answer, that they failed to dig deep enough to find the actual problem. And I didn’t know how to ask them to probe further. (Read More)