Living

A few days ago I had my final check-up, the one before the long waiting period to be declared “cured,” and it occurred to me that we’ve never discussed exactly...

We’re taking isolation to the next level. I promised myself I wouldn’t write about Covid more than I had to. As a journalist, I’m spending the next few weeks 24/7...

It was not until a recent family brunch at our home that I began to realize the critical role that my husband played in my recovery from cancer. Today, I...

I feel exceptionally lucky! I know that’s probably a rather odd thing for someone to say that has recently been diagnosed with not one… but two cancers… well technically three if...

Sometimes, the longer you wait for test results, the more tricks your imagination plays on you. Twenty minutes, no problem. Thirty, what are they going to find? Forty-five, it’s going...

SAT stands for Scholastic Assessment Test. This test is taken by students in the United States who are preparing to attend college. It tests their aptitude in reading, writing, and...

Ladies – you know I enjoy having all genders, races, religions, and creeds read my writing, but this one is going to be directed more at the men. I’m not...

In mid-November 2019, the blood cancer community saw the launch of the Follicular Lymphoma Foundation. There are lots of organizations that help raise money for blood cancer research. But this...

As a newly diagnosed blood cancer patient, I was very concerned about telling my child about my illness. My first reaction was to keep the news from them or to...

I think blood cancer is making me anxious or maybe it's this coronavirus. Darn! Why didn't I buy stock in a hand sanitizer company? I knew a lady who attended...

Cancer is a horrible and scary disease. No one wants to ever hear the words, "You've got cancer.” However, I believe that we can think of it as a positive...

In my lifetime, I’ve known of six people who’ve committed suicide. Three I knew personally. None of them had cancer. Some would say they were selfish and only thinking of...

I know I am my own worst enemy. Because I am mental in so many ways. I know I need to rest over the weekends and just sit on the sofa and...

I can admit it.  A great athlete I am not.  And that is not just due to the fact that I am quite rapidly (and rather disturbingly) approaching fifty.  This...

As I celebrate my five years of remission from non-Hodgkin lymphoma, I thought about my initial diagnosis. I had just finished with the best summer of my life, enjoying the...

I’ve been saying a lot of four-letter words lately. I can’t help myself. I didn’t used to be like this. In fact, it didn’t really happen all that much until...

My mother and I were eating lunch at Taco Bell recently when a young lady approached us and said, "Hi, ladies. I need to buy some clothes for my great-aunt. ...

Nobody should say you’re lucky to get cancer, but luck is a matter of degree. For example, an acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patient like myself is lucky compared to one...

It would appear that since being on the new drug and feeling so much better that I’m really resisting chill time on the weekend. This is so stupid because I’m...

Join us in helping the International Myeloma Foundation (IMF) build a global Wall of Resilience this March during Myeloma Action Month. Share a photo and a short story on Facebook...