Counts Can Be ScaryOn Halloween, I enjoyed a treat: Wynton Marsalis and a big band playing arrangements of Sesame Street songs while The Muppets sang...reactions11comments
Fatigue - The Invisible Side EffectFatigue is sadly something that is often with me. It comes and goes. I don’t know when it will really hit me. I’ve had...reactions9comments
How Exercise Keeps Me Going (Part 1)My perfect morning is a tennis game followed by a sour cream coffee cake from a farm stand near me. I love...reactions2comments
Cancerversary 16 years!And another year has gone by. A different type of year this time. A cancerversary year. My 16th. 16 years since I...reactions1comment
Cancer Research MonthMay is Cancer Research Month. As we all know, research is necessary. It is one of the only ways the medical system...reactions6comments
New Fur Baby Bear!I wanted to introduce the blood cancer tribe to a new addition to my household! My new fur baby Bear!!! Who doesn't...reactions6comments
Cancer and the "B" Word - "Burden"Most time when we talk about cancer we talk about the “c” word, or the “big C,” or even the “C” that...reactions18comments
A Little Perspective Goes a Long WayI’m probably not the only person who ever spaced out while driving. It happens when I’m intensely listening to the radio, or...reactions11comments
Coping With CML's Bad Days and DepressionRainbows, puppies, and unicorns are in short supply at the moment. Sorry, my natural sarcasm is at the forefront. Today is day...reactions14comments
A Treatment Vacation with Destination UnknownI have been going through a difficult patch in my blood cancer journey for the past several months. After nearly a year...reactions24comments
I'm Not a SurvivorSince writing for this site, I think I have become a bit more reflective on me, myself, and I. Today, when making...reactions11comments
Some People Just Don't Get ItA friend made a comment that shows some people have no idea. No idea what, you might wonder. No idea what blood...reactions11comments
Coping with Life Changes and MDSOn December 7, 1941, my grandparents were on their way to see a movie at the Coleman Theatre in Miami, Oklahoma, when...reactions4comments
Can Mindset Change Our Outcomes?For most of my adult life, I have played with the concept that mindset is everything, and that our outcomes can be...reactions15comments
Watchful Waiting Treatment for Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma PatientsWatchful waiting is a form of active surveillance that can be used for people with non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) when there is no...reactions10comments
Good News! It’s Lymphoma.Helloooooooooo Blood-Cancer.com! Can you hear me in the back? Good. So, I am Daniel P. Malito, author, columnist, and raconteur. I am...reactions5comments
Not Lucky to Get Lymphoma, but Lucky to Get It When He DidIt was 1995, and by his own admission, Larry Lucchino, currently president and CEO Emeritus of the Boston Red Sox, was “cocky...reactions2comments
Telling My Kids That I Have CancerOf all of the difficult things that cancer has forced me to do, telling my kids the news was the hardest. My...reactions5comments
"Pretend Like You Are Okay" (Part 1)Throughout my 6½ year journey with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), I’ve always worked. When I was first diagnosed, I was working as...reactions10comments
10 Ways to Get Through the Hard DaysIt’s been a hard day. Honestly, it has been a hard week. My numbers are all looking pretty good, but my body...reactions6comments
