Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma: Living With Cancer
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma: Living With Cancer
After diagnosis and treatment for non-Hodgkin lymphoma, there are a few things to know about living with or moving on after the disease.
- The type of disease & the treatment will determine what life is like after treatment
- Patients should create a survivorship plan, which includes follow-up visits with doctors and scans for long-term health effects
- Your care team can provide diet & exercise recommendations as part of the survivorship plan
Living With Cancer: Life After Treatment
- The type of disease & the treatment will determine what life is like after treatment
- Patients should create a survivorship plan, which includes follow-up visits with doctors and scans for long-term health effects
- Your care team can provide diet & exercise recommendations as part of the survivorship plan
- Diet, exercise & stress control are really important when going through cancer treatment and recovery
- There’s no data to support any one specific diet (like keto or sugar-free) will help during treatment
- Experts simply recommend getting enough nutrients, staying active if you can and keeping mental health in check
Living With Cancer: Diet & Exercise
- Diet, exercise & stress control are really important when going through cancer treatment and recovery
- There’s no data to support any one specific diet (like keto or sugar-free) will help during treatment
- Experts simply recommend getting enough nutrients, staying active if you can and keeping mental health in check
- Follicular lymphoma is the most common type of slow-growing (or indolent) lymphoma
- The disease can be so slow-growing that patients do not need treatment
- Instead of treatment, doctors may suggest “watchful waiting” to monitor the disease and make sure it stays slow-growing
Living With Cancer: Follicular Lymphoma
- Follicular lymphoma is the most common type of slow-growing (or indolent) lymphoma
- The disease can be so slow-growing that patients do not need treatment
- Instead of treatment, doctors may suggest “watchful waiting” to monitor the disease and make sure it stays slow-growing
- If your doctor suspects there may have been a change to your cancer, they may order a PET or CT scan
- Some patients are concerned that radiation they are exposed to during scans could have harmful effects
- The amount of radiation patients are exposed to during these scans is very small, and the body is generally able to tolerate it well
Living With Cancer: Monitoring After a Diagnosis
- If your doctor suspects there may have been a change to your cancer, they may order a PET or CT scan
- Some patients are concerned that radiation they are exposed to during scans could have harmful effects
- The amount of radiation patients are exposed to during these scans is very small, and the body is generally able to tolerate it well