Does Your Blood Cancer Diagnosis Make You Angry?The long and winding six-year road living with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) has had its share of twists and turns. Good thing...reactions13comments
Wanted: A Pill Bottle That Squawks and TalksMy system for refilling pills isn’t much of a system at all: When a bottle is low, I remove it from the...reactions3comments
The Importance of CommunityHuman connections can help us feel less alone after a cancer diagnosis. A community can be stronger than cancer and help manage...reactions11comments
Reflections During Stem Cell TransplantSitting in my hospital room, infusing chemotherapy, you have to wonder how my life ended up like this. It all started in...reactions10comments
Going Home After Transplant: Challenges from Ridiculous to Real (Part 2)Check out Part 1 of Ronni's series on life after transplant, Going Home After Transplant: Not a Piece of Cake. When you...reactions3comments
Treatment vs. TreatmentThe beauty of words is that most of the time they can mean different things to different people. Sometimes that's a good...reactions11comments
Riding the CML Train: Destination UnknownEven if you are on your own, you can take this blood cancer journey. Not everyone has a big, smiling support group...reactions9comments
Cancer GuiltI hate mice! As an elementary school teacher, students loved to bring critters to school for show and tell. I didn't even...reactions17comments
Starting a Nonprofit (Part 3): Sometimes Things End Up Differently Than You ThoughtApproximately seven months ago, I wrote two articles on my experiences starting a nonprofit. Part 2 was primarily about mistakes made and...reactions9comments
Inspiration from Clouds: Remembering Zach SobiechRecently a friend told me about a movie that made him not just cry, but sob. I am a sucker for those...reactions7comments
Cancer is an Unwelcome Passenger with White HairWhy does it seem like the only people who are telling me that my almost white-as-the-driven-snow hair looks so “me” are the...reactions5comments
Needing Downtime but Hating ItI know I am my own worst enemy. Because I am mental in so many ways. I know I need to rest over the...reactions2comments
Free TimeI think I'll start this one off with a random question. In the end, it may or may not have much to...reactions11comments
Leukaemic Rate Still A OkayI had three weeks off treatment in October and there was a ‘family planning mishap’. And I’m not going to lie. I...reactions2comments
Spinal Headaches ExplainedHave you ever had a headache, pulsing right behind your eyes, and reaching straight through to the back of your head after...reactions3comments
New Year Resolutions Can Bring Surprises (Part 2)If you read Part 1, you know I decided to make walking my New Year’s resolution. You also know that there was...reactions17comments
Privacy and CancerAfter a trying week that ended with a girlfriend Zoom, I was hit with the news of the passing of the extraordinary...reactions8comments
As IfI listen to and read many things. It helps me to find out the information I need to stay as healthy as...reactions15comments
First Fertility Tests DoneI don’t know if it’s because of COVID, as it’s been 13 years since I was last in the fertility clinic, but...reactions3comments
Looking for the Good in Bone Marrow BiopsiesYou wouldn’t think a person who’s had multiple bone marrow biopsies would have many good things to say about them except that...reactions6comments
