Living

Family. Forgiveness. Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...  Well, you get the idea. Today we are going to talk about all three because nothing reveals the people who are really with you and the ones...

Dr. La Verne Wimberly of Tulsa, Oklahoma, recently experienced a brief period of international fame. Eighty-two-year-old Dr. Wimberly wore a different outfit with a pretty hat to attend virtual church...

I thought it was a strange way to greet someone. "Did your mother die?" a church acquaintance asked, "No, I replied. "She recently celebrated her 92nd birthday!" The acquaintance continued...

Many long-time readers know that here, and on my blog, I refer to leukemia as if it were a real person. I call him Leuk. This somehow makes it easier...

Many cancer patients experience psychological and emotional issues after their diagnosis. The mix of reactions includes a wide range of feelings that may change daily, hourly, or even minute to...

Since I first heard about it, I always thought it was very clever of someone to designate a day for chronic myeloid leukemia (or chronic myelogenous leukemia) on September 22...

It’s always great to hear about the new drugs that have made their way into the myeloma treatment spectrum. I know all too well that wasn’t the case over ten...

So the fun and games continue. And as it so often seems with me, nothing is straightforward and simple, which is annoying as I would much rather it was that...

The Beyond the Cancer Diagnosis Survey is now closed. Thank you for your interest! Receiving a cancer diagnosis can change life as you know it. While some treatments and side...

You've been diagnosed with blood cancer. What comes next? Usually, it's treatment. There are many different treatments for blood cancer, one of the most well known being chemotherapy. You may...

Having any form of a chronic situation can be very difficult. We know the script whether it’s the demanding treatment with hopes your body cooperates or managing your day-to-day while...

There is a tradition for Olympic wrestlers to leave their wrestling shoes on the edge of the mat when they have wrestled the last match of their career. When I...

Occasionally, unexpected and unplanned things happen in your life. Some things are good, others are not. My blood cancer diagnosis was one of those “not so good things.” Out of...

Wow! It’s been five years since my dial cancer diagnoses. The first was a blood cancer called polycythemia vera (PV). Invasive ductal carcinoma or breast cancer followed a couple of...

How do I feel about switching treatment? Luckily, that situation is not on the table at the moment. But, it has been. For nearly seven years, my chronic myeloid leukemia...

Recently I’ve been very paranoid about my cancer relapsing. It was funny because after my last time (third time) having it, I finished my treatments and about two weeks later...

My sister and brother-in-law were away and had kindly offered me their Wellfleet, Cape Cod, vacation house for a week in July. But my three children could only stay from...

This giveaway is now closed. Thanks for participating! A winner has been chosen and contacted. If not claimed by Friday, Oct. 15, we will draw a new winner. We are...

Reading comments on Blood-Cancer.com and other sites for people like me with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), I definitely see a pattern. The reality of having chronic leukemia or any kind...

Do you remember the 1960s television show Bewitched? Have you ever looked around a messy room and wished that you could imitate Samantha? She would wiggle her nose, and the...