4 weeks before my 65th I was diagnosed with high end non Hodgkin lymphoma, it was such a shock. Especially as I lost over 10 stone on slimming world! I was the fittest I had ever been and felt amazing. I just wanted to say that the support of close friends and family, Cancer team at Winchester, Macmillan and my positivity, we can kick this! I Take one day at a time, don't overthink it and just listen to my body between treatments. Helping each other is key xx
Hi Les10 and warm welcome to the Macmillan Online Community although sorry that you had to find us and especially sorry to hear about your Lymphoma diagnosis. I am Mike and I help out around our Lymphoma groups.
I was diagnosed way back in 1999 at 43 with a rare, incurable but treatable type of T-Cell Non Hodgkin’s Lymphoma eventually reaching Stage 4a in late 2013 so although my Lymphoma ‘type’ may be different I do appreciate the challenges of this journey rather well.
There are over 60 types and sub-types of Lymphoma so we can’t have a group for every type but these are our main Lymphoma groups below.
General Non Hodgkin's Lymphoma
These groups are safe places to talk to others with a similar diagnosis, treatment experience, to ask questions and get support.
To join a group first click on the “Bold Links” I have created above then once the group page opens click on “Click to Join” when the black banner appears or “Join” under “Group Tools” (this all depends on the device you are using)
You can then put up your own post when you’re ready by clicking “+new” or “+” in the top right next to the group title. You can copy and paste the text from this post into your new post.
You can also scroll through other members posts and click “Reply” to get involved.
I will keep an eye open for you but if you are not sure what type you have pleased do get back to me on this post and I will help you out further.
