Living

An interesting meme made its way (again) around the internet recently. It was an image listing the ways people had died in London in 1632. Some causes of death had...

Well, I did it! Much to my mother’s dismay... Me: Mummy, I know you are going to be really angry and disappointed with me, but I’m walking to the tattoo...

2020 was a very difficult year for many people around the world. Whether it was being hit personally by the coronavirus, dwindling health, death, furlough, unemployment, or political views. So...

April 21 is AML World Awareness Day. This day seeks to raise awareness about acute myeloid leukemia and to show support for all people and families affected by AML around...

Read Part 1 of Paula's story: Cue Vampire. The immunologist was speaking. I could hear the words, but I couldn’t process them. I felt numb. Cold and numb like, well...

Once a caregiver, always a caregiver. Right? Now that we are blood cancer patients, we may or may not have someone looking after us – a spouse, child, friend, etc...

I marked my sixth year 'cancerversary’ last week and believe me, there was no party. Made it through the day so that was enough. A lot has happened since that...

Well, something quite monumental happened recently, in a positive way! I received my LAST chemo prescription for hopefully a REALLY long time! I was quite sad when I took, what...

Stress. Ugh. Just the word itself causes us to tense up a bit. It’s something that all of us dread and yet we still experience it on a regular basis...

It’s been a hard day. Honestly, it has been a hard week. My numbers are all looking pretty good, but my body somehow missed the memo. I feel poorly, and...

When living with cancer, whether active cancer or not, there are some instructions that we all can live by. At times they are not evident words of wisdom, as we’re...

A family is a family. Families live together, grow together, have fun together, and cry together. When there is no one else to depend on, family is there. Family is...

Time for a guessing game! Pick which one is true. You can pick more than one. One of the best days of my life was when: Guess what? They are...

Several years ago, Nora Ephron wrote a book called I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman. That's a funny title, I thought. I read the...

Every morning, as soon as I wake up, I do a quick pain inventory. My feet? Yep, still hurt. How about my back, my neck, my forearm? Check, check, check...

Relationships are like gardens - they need to be cultivated. Chronic illness can affect even the strongest relationships. Cancer and its effects may push each partner to its breaking point...

Editor's note: This article was written in November 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic. Please remember to follow CDC and local guidelines regarding travel during the pandemic. So, it’s been over...

Within three years of daily oral chemotherapy, I was wearing wide-brimmed hats, long sleeves, and large-rimmed sunglasses. I was losing pigmentation, or so it seemed to me. I was turning...

Unless you have been there, I suspect it is impossible to understand the emotional release one experiences on your last day of chemo treatment. After all the tubes and bags...

Have you ever met someone for the first time, and when the introductions take place, they usually start off with a name and “How are you doing?” Normally we reply...