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It’s Blood Cancer Awareness Month again. And once again, I have mixed feelings about it. I am pretty aware of my own blood cancer, thank you very much. I think...

September is Blood Cancer Awareness Month! During this time there are many fundraisers, walks, and information given out about the cancers. The problem is unless you have one of these...

It’s my observation that the “chronic,” part of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is what trips people up. It’s probably why I’ve heard the question: “Aren’t you done with that yet?”...

A friend made a comment that shows some people have no idea. No idea what, you might wonder. No idea what blood cancer patients go through during and after stem...

You’re probably like me. You’re online a lot. You do lots of searches. And once you’ve done those searches, you start to get ads for the things you search for...

Watchful waiting is a form of active surveillance that can be used for people with non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) when there is no immediate threat to their health. Watchful waiting is...

A friend who has a friend facing a stem cell transplant thought, with good reason, that I could pass on some useful information. When she asked, I said I thought...

The Connected Health Survey is now closed. Thank you for your interest! In the digital age, there are so many devices, websites, and technologies related to health. From fitness trackers...

In September 2019, Health Union (the parent company of Blood-Cancer.com) conducted a survey to learn more about how blood cancer affects members of our community. More than 1,900 people living...

This giveaway is now closed. Thanks for participating! A winner has been chosen and contacted. If not claimed by Monday, Oct. 12, we will draw a new winner. In honor...

The idea that I feel the need to say, “leukemia is real cancer,” is weird, isn’t it? Well to me, it boggles my mind. Believe it or not, one of...

I hear the familiar opening tune as I arrive in the family room. It’s Jeopardy time! This is something my family has been doing for quite a while. Even now...

After a trying week that ended with a girlfriend Zoom, I was hit with the news of the passing of the extraordinary actor, Chadwick Boseman. At the young age of...

Write a letter to my blood cancer? Well, why not? I once attended a summer workshop for teachers where we wrote letters to ourselves, two months into the future. We addressed...

Navigating a blood cancer diagnosis can be challenging on its own, let alone with other health conditions occurring alongside it. When 2 or more conditions happen within the same person...

It is so easy to overreact to an initial diagnosis. Being told you have cancer is life-changing and it is good to remember that medical professionals can and do make...

The other day, I tried to add up all the doctors I’ve seen since I started my cancer journey and I had to stop when I started needing to use...

My perfect morning is a tennis game followed by a sour cream coffee cake from a farm stand near me. I love that I can play tennis and eat –...

My youngest son Josh saved my life. Not literally. I mean he didn’t rush into a burning building and pull me out. Nor did he administer CPR and bring me back from...

I was speaking with someone the other day and I said something; something that I didn’t even realize was as profound as it was until well after. We’ve all done...