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At age 41, Linda Doane was diagnosed with stage 4 non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

In 2022, she was finally told she was in remission

However, in 2025, she caught pneumonia and now tells PEOPLE it was a "miracle" she survived

Linda Doane says she was always "really healthy," which made her shocking diagnosis at age 41 that much harder to grapple with.

The mother of five tells PEOPLE that she started "having trouble breathing and ended up in the hospital after seven lung taps and many weeks of testing."

Ultimately, they determined she had stage 4 non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

"That was a journey that lasted over 10 years. I've had eight different IV chemos," Doane, now 55, tells PEOPLE exclusively. "I've had three oral chemos. I have lost my hair three times. I've had methotrexate injec

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