Parenting with Blood Cancer
How has your blood cancer diagnosis impacted you as a parent, grandparent, or child caretaker?
We invite you to share your experiences, including the challenges you've faced, the adjustments you've made, and any strategies that have helped you maintain your role as a parent. Your stories and insights can provide invaluable support and encouragement to other parents in similar situations. Let's support each other through this journey.
Well I think if you have a great Doctor, great family, you are ready to go, I'm very optimistic, never give up, always thinking positive, my Doctor was very helpful and pleasant, She's a great Doctor, love Her , even She left Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where I live, we keep in touch, that way I feel better all the time
Totally agree with you! A positive team surrounding you can make the experience easier. There's so much involved with a diagnosis and aligning yourself with a positive team makes a huge difference in getting through this if you can get it. I'm happy to hear that your doctor has been great through it all and still keeps in touch. I have a similar story with a close doctor who no longer practices here in the country, but we still keep in contact and she's always intuned to how my health is doing and vice versa. Thank you for sharing!
Yolanda (Team Member)
In ways I was very blind-sided with my AML diagnosis at 50, in other ways it’s brought me a validation that there indeed was something wrong with me. It’s been very hard, six months after diagnosis I still can’t announce to the world that I have it.
I think most of us here understand that blind sided feeling. And whatever you choose to do in sharing your diagnosis, we support you. Here is an article I found that I hope is helpful https://blood-cancer.com/video/sharing-diagnosis-online. Please keep us posted on how you're doing. Wishing you the best!
Angie (Team Member)
I was a full-time caregiver to my two grand-daughters for the last five years, they are the air I breathe. Last December I was diagnosed with AML and I very nearly died. Now because of the mental affects of the cancer I rarely see them now.
I feel very deeply about how difficult it is not to see your granddaughters much after caring for them for so long. I used to frame my schedule around caring for my grandkids, and they have moved several states away. It's tough! It sounds like you've really been through it, and we are so glad you are here to share. Wishing you the best as you continue to navigate these difficult feelings. We are here to support you!
Angie (Team Member)
