Share Your Story of Hope

Everyone’s lymphoma story is unique and special. By simply sharing your story, you can impact countless lives. Stories of Hope is LRF’s ongoing effort to give those affected by lymphoma a voice.

To read other stories of hope, please click on the links on the right hand side of the page. To submit your own story of hope, click here.

Category: Ambassador , Follicular Lymphoma

Bob, Follicular Lymphoma Survivor

“The researchers in the lymphoma field have given their lives to finding a cure for lymphoma – and for that I am very hopeful for the future.”

Category: Mantle Cell Lymphoma

Mark, Mantle Cell Lymphoma Survivor

“My advice to newly diagnosed patients is that you can do it! MCL can be difficult, no doubt about it. You and your family are scared, but there are a lot of reasons to be hopeful.”

Category: Adolescent and Young Adult , Ambassador , Hodgkin Lymphoma

Erica, Hodgkin Lymphoma Survivor

“I always tell new patients to never give up hope, and to know this is just a temporary storm. I had the desire to survive, and I want others to have that same desire.”

Category: Ambassador , Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma

Bruce, Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma Survivor

"It is not how you start, but how you finish that really matters."

Category: Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma

Thomas, Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma Survivor

“It was not only a shock, but also the beginning of the greatest learning experience of my life.”

Category: CLL/SLL

Tanya, Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma Survivor

“For me and my family, this disease has ended up to be a blessing in disguise.”

Category: Peripheral T-cell Lymphoma

Sue, Peripheral T-cell Lymphoma Survivor

“I took time alone to think and in that moment, I decided that I was going to be a survivor.”

Category: Ambassador , Clinical Trial , Peripheral T-cell Lymphoma

Rich, Peripheral T-Cell Lymphoma Survivor

"If you want to live...You must put your heart and soul into the desire to want to conquer it."

Category: Adolescent and Young Adult , Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma

Michelle, Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma Caregiver

"AJ was diagnosed with B-cell lymphoma and our world stopped turning."

Category: Ambassador , Follicular Lymphoma

Matt, Follicular Lymphoma Survivor

"I was only 36, still in good health, still going to the gym every day of the week."