It was not too long ago that pairing the word cancer with either survivor or veteran seemed like a contradiction in terms. When I was first diagnosed with Hodgkin’s disease (now Hodgkin Lymphoma) 30 years ago, these terms were simply not a part of the cancer vocabulary.

Last weekend was to have been the first-ever conference organized by Hodgkin’s International, in Boston Massachusetts, but sadly the coronavirus pandemic necessitated postponement. As one of our main goals is to connect people who have been treated for Hodgkin’s lymphoma (HL), it was arranged that we would have a virtual meeting instead, on the same day.