I think the best you can do is just be open about your finances, how you budget, and why. My parents were always open about their priorities: basic necessities & housing, saving, and then luxuries. They always stressed putting away money for retirement, future emergencies and large purchases before spending on extras.…

I think response to treatment depends on type, though. NHL is not a single disease—it’s a term for a collection of different lymphomas, which vary in aggressiveness and potential for getting to remission or no evidence of disease.

“We don’t know what the hell is in those vaccines except for a whole lot of scary.”