Living

It’s one of the worst feelings in the world. You’re at the doctor’s office and you’re explaining what’s bothering you and you’re met with a wall. Maybe something is off...

My leukemia diagnosis was marked not so much by one day but by a chain of events. They are all tied to running, and to a lesser extent, tennis, culminating...

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I love music as it finds a way of taking me on a trip for a short time and forgetting just a little bit about what is happening in real...

(Thanks to Bruce Springsteen for this post title.) My wife subscribes to daily dad jokes. She knows I’m a fan of dad jokes. Today she called me with the daily...

This winter, here in Massachusetts, we awaited the arrival of a huge blizzard one weekend. Weather forecasts were blaring news of worsening conditions and predicting snowfalls of more than two...

When I was in my college chemistry class many years ago, I learned about a scientific term called cause and effect. Its definition is the relationship between two things when...

I never know how people will respond to information about us having blood cancer. When we talk about it and share our experiences, I’d like to say that most responses...

You have been diagnosed with blood cancer. The shock of the diagnosis is now recent history, and you face a new world of treatment. Looking up at all the various infusion...

When you have blood cancer, it comes with limitations. That’s just the long and short of it, period. Accepting those limitations into your life, though, is not easy and takes...

The possibility of a cancer diagnosis can be most frightening. Choosing the right physician for follow-up, diagnosis and treatment is so important. The process may take time as you look...

You have cancer and that’s a tough pill to swallow. Along with that news comes a whole host of emotions, side effects, and loss. It will take time to get...

“That’s very sad, but it’s not you.” My son said words to this effect years ago when my good friend and soulmate PJ died. The two of us had found...

Lately, I’ve been listening to the song “It Only Takes A Moment” from the musical Hello Dolly/i>. The song is sung by one of the protagonists who sings how it...

Have you ever seen that game show Price is Right? The object is to spin the wheel and be the highest scorer, who wins a chance to bid on the...

In this video, Dennis looks back on his one year of remission from non-Hodgkin lymphoma and looks forward to the year to come 2022. Hopefully the remission continues...

When I wrote about my port recently, I wasn’t planning on making it into a three-part saga. Similarly, two years ago, I wasn’t planning to watch every episode of all...

I know what you might be thinking, and I used to think that way too. Even though I have lived most of my life in Minnesota, I was not a...

Listening is so important especially when blood cancer is involved. I’ve had a few dicey incidents lately where someone not listening put me in a precarious medical position. I’m not...

I started noticing after my blood cancer diagnosis that a lot of tv shows and movies use cancer as a plot device. I remember hanging out with my roommate in...