Treatment Support Meeting
This support meeting is open to people who are currently having treatment or have been told treatment will soon start. Meetings are held on the third Thursday of each month, at 7pm.
Register for these meetings here
At these support meetings, you’ll meet others who are currently having treatment or are soon to start, as well as people who have recently finished treatment and are waiting to hear if it has been successful before moving to a different support meeting.
This can be a difficult time, often coming very quickly after the shock of diagnosis, with apprehension about what treatment will be like and whether it will be successful, as well as coping with side-effects.
Treatment means chemotherapy, radiotherapy, stem-cell transplant or CAR T-cell therapy.
Treatment will usually be for either Hodgkin lymphoma or one of the high-grade non-Hodgkin lymphomas, with the aim of complete remission, but it could be for a low-grade non-Hodgkin type, with the aim of partial or temporary remission.
- If you are on active monitoring but are having rituximab to prolong the time before active treatment is needed, an Active Monitoring support meeting will be more appropriate.
- If you have already been told you are in remission, a Remission support meeting will be more appropriate.
- If you having treatment for cutaneous (skin) lymphoma, our Cutaneous support meeting will be more appropriate.
- Carers are not eligible to join these meetings. Instead, you are welcome to join one of our Family, Friends and Carers support meetings.
- Registration is for the service as a whole, so please submit only one registration form, joining whichever support meeting best suits your needs - you can see our full range here Online Support Meetings. If you would like to discuss which meeting is best for you before registering, please email us at services.managers@lymphoma-action.org.uk.
Our support meetings provide a safe, confidential place where people affected by lymphoma can talk to each other about their experience, express their thoughts and feelings, gain insight from connecting with others, and get support and information. They last an hour and follow a common structure that includes time for everyone to share their experience and feelings about life with lymphoma. The facilitators will listen, seek to understand your experience and help address any questions or worries you have.
Support meetings are hosted on Zoom but you don't need a Zoom account or experience of using Zoom. You will need access to an internet-enabled device with functioning microphone, speakers and camera.
To register for the support meeting service, you must be aged 18 or over, resident in the UK, and personally affected by lymphoma.