Miss Connely's Rules for Cancer Manners"Is that nice to say?" I would often ask my students. You can think anything you want but think about it before you...reactions51comments
Please Don't Say You're A Blast From My PastWhen I was in seventh grade, to write a paper on restaurant jargon, I sat at the counter in a luncheonette near...reactions10comments
Hitting Rock Bottom and Getting UpI can honestly say I’ve hit what I thought was rock bottom many times in my chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) journey. One...reactions8comments
Enjoy The JourneyI like metaphors. I see them everywhere. Do you like metaphors? I hope so because today you’re getting one. A few years...reactions8comments
Anticipatory NauseaWhen most people think of chemotherapy, they are under the general understanding that it makes cancer patients pretty sick. That’s how it’s...reactions9comments
Blood-Cancer.com Turns 3 🎉Three years ago, Blood-Cancer.com was born into existence. In three years we have built a supportive, resourceful, and encouraging community. As we...reactions8comments
It's All In The GenesI took a Genetics class in college many years ago. Despite this, the knowledge I walked away with was only enough to...reactions6comments
My Life After CancerHi Everyone! I want to quickly reintroduce myself because it’s been quite a while since my last post. However, some of you...reactions6comments
Open LetterHey there, my name is, well I don’t have a name per se - I’m the other half of our friend Yolanda...reactions13comments
The Pressure To Be "Brave""You Are So Brave!" How often have we heard this said to us? Most times, people truly mean well when they say...reactions28comments
Sleep Better, Feel Better!Don't you hate it when you don't sleep well? The next day, I often feel cranky, have trouble concentrating, and my get-up-and-go...reactions23comments
Cancer, and WolfAn interesting meme made its way (again) around the internet recently. It was an image listing the ways people had died in...reactions7comments
Elephant TattooWell, I did it! Much to my mother’s dismay... Me: Mummy, I know you are going to be really angry and disappointed...reactions7comments
The Other Side of the Window2020 was a very difficult year for many people around the world. Whether it was being hit personally by the coronavirus, dwindling...reactions9comments
Love When You Least Expect ItApril 21 is AML World Awareness Day. This day seeks to raise awareness about acute myeloid leukemia and to show support for...reactions5comments
Cue Vampire (Part 2)Read Part 1 of Paula's story: Cue Vampire. The immunologist was speaking. I could hear the words, but I couldn’t process them...reactions9comments
Put Yourself First - It's TimeOnce a caregiver, always a caregiver. Right? Now that we are blood cancer patients, we may or may not have someone looking...reactions3comments
Let It Go: Words for a Leukemia Patient to EmbraceI marked my sixth year 'cancerversary’ last week and believe me, there was no party. Made it through the day so that...reactions8comments
Last PrescriptionWell, something quite monumental happened recently, in a positive way! I received my LAST chemo prescription for hopefully a REALLY long time!...reactions1comment
Stress Is A Killer - LiterallyStress. Ugh. Just the word itself causes us to tense up a bit. It’s something that all of us dread and yet...reactions16comments
