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I'm in the same boat as your mom. I'm wondering what it would be like to not treat as the treatment sounds horrid. Have you discovered any information about that?

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Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect, Beth. It looks like you have a recent diagnosis of Follicular Lymphoma. So it’s understandable to have some questions about ‘what’s next’…

To provide you with a little information about Follicular Lymphoma (FL) I’m posting a couple of links to get you started. These articles should help introduce the disease and the types of treatments available. Keeping in mind that this is generally a very slowly progressing condition, though there are different sub-types of FL. So your doctor will help you make the determination of whether you’ll require treatment or not at this time, based on results of your labs and/or other testing that’s been done.
Here are the links:

From Mayo Clinic: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/follicular-lymphoma/symptoms-causes/syc-20584732

From Healthline.com:
https://www.healthline.com/health/follicular-lymphoma
If you don’t mind sharing a little more about your story, what were the symptoms that led to your diagnosis? Have you had a consultation with your oncologist yet?