Join our Living well on active monitoring webinar

Please join us for our free webinar about active monitoring, a management strategy where someone doesn’t have treatment for their lymphoma straight away if they don’t have troublesome symptoms, but rather is monitored by their medical team until a time when treatment is needed.

Joining our webinar panel are two healthcare professionals, a Lymphoma Action chair person and two individuals who have lived experiences of active monitoring. The session will cover what active monitoring is, the terminology used around it and who this strategy might be recommended for. Anyone wishing to join our webinar can register here.

The concept of active monitoring can be challenging, as many people expect a cancer diagnosis to be followed by urgent treatment. We understand that people can struggle with the idea and that explaining it to others can be complicated. With this in mind we aim to offer support within our webinar by:

• Helping people understand why active monitoring might be suggested for them
• Discussing the concerns and questions that people might have about this approach to treatment and sharing some of the coping strategies that others have used
• Sharing the experiences of people with lived experience of active monitoring
• Offering strategies for living well physically and psychologically whilst on active monitoring
• Helping family and friends understand the concept of active monitoring, and how they can support a loved one who may have been recommended this approach by their healthcare team

Our Living well with active monitoring is the latest in a series of Lymphoma Action webinars. You can view our recent What is chemotherapy? and What is it like to have chemotherapy? webinars here.

Published: 4 May 2023