My name is Don, and I am 68 years old. I live in Phoenix, Arizona and am married. The picture is of me aged 25 on a cross country bike ride.

My name is Michaela, and I am a 55 year old trans woman living in England. I was diagnosed in 2018 and been in remission for 5 years.

I’m Caroline from the United States. I am a wife, mom, dog lover, and three-time stage 4 non-Hodgkin’s follicular lymphoma thriver.

I’m Paul from Scotland, married with 3 daughters and recently 2 cute grandbabies. I am currently in a partial remission stage.

My name is Paul and I’m from the UK. I was diagnosed with follicular lymphoma, stage IIIA, in October 2022.

My name is Carolyn and I live in the United States. I’m a 28 year old teacher and I am stage 4 follicular lymphoma.

Mi nombre es Raquel, y soy de Barcelona, España. Hace siete años, mi vida dio un giro importante cuando me diagnosticaron linfoma folicular.

My name is Raquel, and I’m from Barcelona, Spain. Seven years ago, my life took a major turn when I was diagnosed with follicular lymphoma.

I’m Nicola Mendelsohn, the founder and chair of the FLF, and I wanted to share my story of being diagnosed with follicular lymphoma.

I’m Nicky, from Australia, 42 years old, married with two amazing kids. I’m studying to be a Clinical Nutritionist with the plan to help FL Patients learn to eat well and live well.

My name is Ben, and I was born in Australia, however I have been living in London, England for the past 17 years. I was diagnosed with follicular lymphoma in 2017 and underwent chemotherapy treatment in 2017/2018. I have been in remission since then.

My name is Elaine and I live in Israel. I was born in Manchester, England, but I emigrated to Israel in 1972 aged 17. I am a mother of three and a grandmother of eight. I retired three years ago.


My name is Paul and I live in the UK. I have stage 3 FL and I found out about my diagnosis at work over the phone following an ultrasound and then CT scan.

My name is Wendy. I am a 59 year old retired mechanical engineer and I live in the United States with my spouse, special needs daughter, and dog. I have also raised three adopted children.

My name is Chrissy and I live in the United States. I love my hubby/caretaker and we enjoy car shows, boating, and our animals.

My name is Emily, and I am British and live in Oman (Middle East). I was first diagnosed after a bit of a long journey of investigating persistent nausea and gastro issues.

I am 48 years old, live in England and am married with 2 daughters, aged 14 and 17. I am an assistant head in a primary school.

My name is Anna and I live in Spain. My journey with FL started in October 2018 when I was 34. When the year started, I only had a strong wish for that year: to start a family.

My name is Steve and I live in Australia. I recently retired after 40 years in the IT industry (and by recently I mean it sort of all was decided upon last Monday) I am divorced with three adult children.

My name is Simon. I am 71 yrs old, married to my all suffering wonderful wife Linda for 45 years.

Nicky shares her FL story and her amazing journey which lead to her establishing the Living with Follicular Lymphoma social community Facebook – the largest