Overview
- Lafer publicly revealed his diagnosis at the end of May and began chemotherapy after his condition worsened earlier this year.
- He tells reporters the chemo is “very tiring” and has left him “a bit shaken,” but that doctors report the treatment is working and his situation is improving.
- Many high‑profile colleagues, including Günther Jauch, Johannes B. Kerner, Marcel Reif and Joko Winterscheidt, have offered concrete help and dozens of peers left supportive messages on his Instagram.
- Lafer is keeping a limited professional schedule to stay engaged, designing Lufthansa Business‑Class menus now and planning a filmed trip to San Diego next week.
- Doctors classified his disease as an indolent, low‑malignant Non‑Hodgkin lymphoma, which often grows slowly but can require systemic therapy when it progresses and so far Lafer has chosen chemotherapy after earlier non‑conventional approaches.