When someone you love is diagnosed with follicular lymphoma, your world changes too. You become a source of strength, a research navigator, an appointment companion, and an emotional anchor. Any one of these would feel challenging, but navigating them all at once while managing your own emotions can feel overwhelming. This webinar is here to support you!
This free FLF webinar is designed for the partners, parents, children, friends and others who sit alongside someone living with FL. We’ll hear directly from people who have been exactly where you are, and come out the other side with practical wisdom to share.
Sally Hurman, will be sharing her experiences supporting her husband Gav and how she navigated their journey for the past 12 years. We will also get the inside scoop of what it really feels like to be the other side, as the person living with FL; with Steve Mann sharing how his family supported him and what was most helpful.
Join us on Friday 31 July 2026, 5am PT, 8am ET, 12pm UTC, 1pm BST
Key Topics Include:
This webinar will explore the questions caregivers most often ask but sometimes feel they shouldn’t:Â
Dr Mitchell Smith – Chief Medical Officer, Follicular Lymphoma FoundationÂ
Dr Mitchell Smith has an extensive educational background, having earned his Medical Degree and PhD from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, OH. He has also completed several residencies and fellowships, including a Fellowship in Medical Oncology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Centre in NY. Dr Smith’s career has also spanned many years and institutions, including serving as Director of the Lymphoma Program at Fox Chase Cancer Centre and Director of the Lymphoid Malignancy Program at the Cleveland Clinic. Join him as he shares his expert insights throughout our engaging webinar series. Â
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Sally Hurman
Sally Hurman is a fashion and lifestyle content creator, writer and mum of three. One of the most significant experiences of her life has been supporting her husband Gav, through blood cancer. It’s a journey that has taught her a great deal about resilience, uncertainty, and finding moments of normality and joy during difficult times.Â
Sally will share her experience as a partner and caregiver with an honest conversation about the realities of supporting someone you love through diagnosis, treatment and recovery.
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Steve Mann, FL Voice
Steve was informed he had follicular lymphoma on April 1st 2016 (yes really, April 1st!) after a biopsy while having his tonsils removed. Later that year a bone marrow biopsy revealed there was significant involvement of FL. He was successfully treated with the chemo-immunotherapy bendamustine and rituximab with and has not relapsed at this stage.
Having been divorced for 16 years Steve was single, but shared his home with his 20 year old daughter Sarah, his youngest child. Whilst his two sons helped him to and from his rounds of treatment, it was his daughter who assisted Steve in dealing with the various side effects associated with treatment at home.Â
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Our webinars are free, interactive, and designed to empower everyone affected by FL. Register today to secure your spot and stay informed on these important discussions.
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This webinar series is supported by sponsorship from AstraZeneca, Genmab, AbbVie and Incyte.
All of the above have had no influence on, control of, nor input into the development or performance of the webinar series.
From learning more about FL and what’s new in research, to emotional health and wellbeing our previous webinars are all available to watch back on demand.Â
From the shock of diagnosis to finding his way through uncertainty, Steve shares his personal follicular lymphoma journey ahead of joining our webinar panel.
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