Personal stories

Read and listen to personal stories from people who have been affected by lymphoma and learn how they have coped with diagnosis, treatment, caring for a loved one and living with and beyond lymphoma.

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Blair

Blair has been in remission from Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) for 9 years. In this video she talks about how her life has moved on since her diagnosis.

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Helen

In these two videos, Helen shares her experience of being diagnosed and treated for primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma (PMBL) when she was 21 and her experience of having radiotherapy. 

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Natalia

Natalia shares her experience of being diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma at the age of 20 while at university, including the transitional period after treatment and how she is adapting to life after cancer. 

Carol

Carole

In this video Carole talks about her experience of being diagnosed and treated for high-grade non-Hodgkin diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), and how this impacted her work and family life. 

Russell diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma

Russell

How seeing the positive side of things helped Russell cope with his low-grade non-Hodgkin lymphoma

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Sue and Neville

Sue, was diagnosed with follicular lymphoma in 1999, in this video she and her husband Neville talk about how they have dealt with lymphoma as a team.