The Follicular Lymphoma Foundation is hosting a webinar called "FL and You: Emotional Health and Wellbeing." It will be held on Friday, 31st January from 8:30–09:30 EST (13:30–14:30 GMT, 21:30–22:30 AWST).
This one looks like it's going to be great. It will feature several speakers: Dr. Mitchell Smith, Chief Medical Officer of FLF; Carmen Hilton, a clinical social worker; Nicky Greenhalgh, Clinical Nutritionist, FL patient, and founder of the Living with Follicular Lymphoma group on Facebook; Ben Johnson, an FL patient advocate; and Leah McAslan, caregiver for an FL patient.
Full disclosure, though I'm not sure it's really necessary: I've been doing some work with the FLF lately, and I've had the chance to interact with some of the folks who will be speaking. Dr. Smith is fantastic, and he has a great ability to talk about difficult material in ways that make sense to patients, and he clearly makes them a priority. Nicky has done a great job with the Facebook group, and her work as a nutritionist comes from her experience with FL. And Leah, as a caregiver, understands what a patient needs.
Like I said, this is going to be a great webinar.
And as I have said, issues related to survivorship have become more and more important to me, as I move farther and farther from my initial diagnosis. And as I have said for years, given that so many of us are asymptomatic, living with Follicular Lymphoma is as much about emotional symptoms as physical symptoms.
That's going to be the focus of this webinar. Looking at the line up of speakers and their different expertises, you can see that.
The FLF understands this, too. If you look at their blog, you'll see lots of posts about these kinds of emotional health and wellbeing issues. And their Support Hub, which includes a link to register for the webinar, also has lots of information about living with FL that goes beyond the physical aspects. It all matters.
You can register for the webinar here. The FLF is a global organization, so no matter where you live, you can attend.
I hope you'll consider it. And if you can't make it at that time, the FLF will post it on their website later, as they do with all of their webinars.
Stay well.
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