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Bebe’s Lymphoma Story

My name is Bebe and I am 14 years old. So where do I start? I started to get extremely […]

Lizzie’s Lymphoma Story

I’m Lizzie, and I have worked in the NHS as a Therapeutic Radiographer since 2011. In May 2022, I was […]

Claire’s Lymphoma Story

I began feeling unwell around November 2021. I started noticing swelling in my upper torso and face, as well as […]

Charlotte’s Lymphoma Story

While I was enjoying my final year at London College of Fashion, I discovered a lump on my left side […]

Divita’s Lymphoma Story

In June 2022 I was diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma, which is a type of blood cancer that mainly affects the […]

Michael’s Lymphoma Story

Michael developed a lump on his right collarbone about 1-2 years ago. I think the position of the lump really […]

Claire’s Hodgkin Lymphoma Story

Hi I’m Claire, I’m 31 and I have stage 4 classic hodgkins lymphoma and I am currently going through Chemotherapy […]

Nic’s Hodgkin Lymphoma Story

On 17th June 2021 I was diagnosed with 4B Classical Hodgkins Lymphoma. It was no longer in just my lymph […]

Jessica’s Lymphoma Story

I’d been feeling unwell for a little while, going out with friends and drinking was making me feel ill. I […]

Daanyaal’s Lymphoma Story

In August of this year I was diagnosed with Stage 3 Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma, but I suppose my symptoms had […]

Hannah’s Hodgkins Lymphoma Story

In June 19’ I was dealing with some issues where I felt I ran a marathon, when I was simply […]

Emily’s Lymphoma Story

It all started when I noticed a funny looking lump on my shoulder. Over a few weeks it grew bigger […]

Jack’s Hodgkin Lymphoma Story

My symptoms began over a year before my diagnosis and began with skin irritation on my feet and calves. I […]

Zoe’s Hodgkins Lymphoma Story

I was seeing the doctor for something completely different when I asked her about my lump in my neck. ‘Ooh […]

Anne’s Hodgkin Lymphoma Story

I was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma in December 2019 when I was 22. My first symptom started around June of […]

Molly’s Non-Hodgkin Story

My name is Molly Patten and I was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma at the age of 38 on 7/1/2020 right […]

Babz Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Story

I was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma in 2009, a type of cancer that forms in the lymphatic system. I had […]

Stacey’s Lymphoma Story

Being diagnosed with cancer at 21 is definitely something you never ever expect to have to go through.. having your […]

Virginia’s Hodgkin Lymphoma Story

Sometimes, Lymphoma shows no face. That’s the lesson I got from my HL ride since 2018. In 2018, I had […]

Sarah’s Lymphoma Story

I got married in May of 2018 and went on an amazing honeymoon to South Africa. A couple of weeks […]

Briana’s Hodgkins Lymphoma Story

After three months of being misdiagnosed with bronchitis, followed by pneumonia, then a sinus infection- I woke up one day […]

Bethan’s Hodgkins Lymphoma Story

I am 27 and an NHS health care professional, I was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma in September 2019 at the […]

Kate’s Hodgkins Lymphoma Story

Mid June 2019 I had a sore throat, sore neck and was getting a lot of night sweats, I went […]

Lauren’s Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma Story

On August 23, 2019, 3 days before I was supposed to start college I got the news no one wants […]

Laura’s Non Hodgkins Lymphoma Story

I got diagnosed in October 2018 at my GP after months of coughing and loosing a lot of weight, then […]

Rosa’s Hodgkins Lymphoma Story

In November 2016 my life changed, I started getting symptoms for what I thought was a heart attack, but it […]

Lois’s Hodgkins Lymphoma Story

My story started in January 2019 when I got a small lump on my neck that I noticed when I […]

Hayley’s Hodgkins Lymphoma Story

I started getting symptoms in March 2019 when I was on holiday with my husband and two children. I had […]

Megan’s Hodgkins Lymphoma Story

I was diagnosed with Hodgkins lymphoma at the age of 26. I had been previously to the doctors about a […]

Carissa’s B Cell Non-Hodgkins Story

I’m 33 diagnosed with high grade B cell Lymphoma. I was diagnosed June 2018 3 months after giving birth to […]

Rachel’s Hodgkins Lymphoma Story

If you read my story and you have just been told the horrible news you are in the cancer club, […]

Roberta’s Hodgkins Lymphoma Story

At 28 years old on the 26th June 2019 at 11 weeks pregnant I was given the news that I […]

Hannah’s Hodgkins Lymphoma Story

In June 19’ I was dealing with some issues where I felt I ran a marathon, when I was simply […]

Emily’s Hodgkins Lymphoma Story

I was 21 years old when I was diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma. My extreme fatigue was missed by my GP […]

Wendy’s Story

In 2012 I was diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma stage 3. I had just turned 30 and became overwhelmed with fear. […]

Sarah’s Story

In 2009 I was diagnosed with Hodgkins lymphoma at age 18. It all started with a lump in my neck […]

Emma’s Story

In August 2018 I found a lump in the left side of my neck one morning as I was getting […]

Charlotte’s Lymphoma Story

On the 15th August 2018, I visited the hospital after experiencing double vision for a couple of days. In the […]

Scott’s Story

It all started for me back in April 2017, the previous few months beforehand I had experienced this unrelenting dry […]

Aimee’s Story

My journey started in September 2014 when I was 20 years old. I had noticed a small lump in my […]

Savannah’s Story

In late March of 2018 I started having lower back pain. My family and I thought that it was possibly […]

Dilan’s Diagnosis Story

I was diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma in 2015. I had this disease for 2 years without knowing so it had […]

Ashleigh’s Lymphoma Story

Where it all started April 14th 2018. Grand National day we were going to Leeds with friends for the day, […]

Thalia’s Story

When I was 16 I had a pea sized lump on my neck and when I went to the doctors […]

Hayley’s Lymphoma Story

I was diagnosed in August 2009, in Orlando, FL, USA while on a work placement for Disney. I hadn’t for […]

How to Fight Cancer and be Fabulous

Life happens unexpectedly. One day, you could wake up and your whole world changes. For some of us, this is […]

Katie – This Is My Story

Hi my name is Katie, I’m 18 years old and this is my cancer story. I first noticed something wasn’t […]

Stephanie – Hodgkins Lymphoma

“CLASSIC HODGKIN’S LYMPHOMA” I remember reading my biopsy diagnosis with my boyfriend at the doctor’s office. I studied Medical Science […]

Lauren’s Story

I am Lauren 17 years old, in December last year I started to suffer respiratory at night, so breathless, constant […]

Jema’s Story – Cancer Picked The Wrong Diva

Cancer may have started the Fight but I will Finish it”. The Darkside: • It’s always frightening when cancer comes […]

Kelsey’s Lymphoma Diagnosis

Hi my name is Kelsey. I was first diagnosed on the 15th May 2017. After months of having night sweats […]

From Lymphoma to Liver

Since my treatment finished back in July 2017 – I thought my health and life would start to resume a […]

Samantha’s Story

Cancer is something that happens to other people. That’s what I always assumed, without really thinking about it. No one […]

Thomas’s Story

So here goes, my first ever blog post! A trip back to April 2015. April 15 – Just after my […]

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