Living

Before I begin, I need to make it clear that I am by no means an expert on survivorship plans. In fact, even though I subscribe to email updates from...

Are you familiar with the story of the tortoise that took forever to get to its destination, as he was challenged by the surefire hare? The hare was busy napping...

Insomnia is a common sleep disorder that can make it hard to fall asleep, hard to stay asleep or cause you to wake up too early and not able to...

Helloooooooooo Blood-Cancer.com! Can you hear me in the back? Good. So, I am Daniel P. Malito, author, columnist, and raconteur. I am new to the site, and this is my...

I love Edinburgh it makes my soul happy in a calm way. I spent 4 years here. I say here as I’ve been back for a wedding this weekend. It...

I have my own style of using social media - as we all do, I suppose. Since my diagnosis, it’s definitely become a place of ‘brain vomit’ for me. Or...

A while ago a friend asked what was the nicest thing that someone had done for me when I was diagnosed with cancer and undergoing chemotherapy. I immediately knew the...

For many people, losing a chip off their tooth is at most an annoyance. But for me, it is a big deal. When it happened the other day, a feeling...

One of the challenges for a multiple myeloma patient (or any blood cancer for that matter) is the giant question mark that hangs over our head. For myeloma patients, we...

Everyone gets tired and usually, a good night’s sleep will solve the problem. However, fatigue is a daily lack of energy, excessive whole-body tiredness not relieved by sleep. This is...

I remember the first time I became aware of Blood Cancer Awareness Month: 2010. I knew other cancers had their own months. It felt good to know I was part...

December 21, 2017 is a day that I'll never forget. It's the day my life changed forever with a phone call and a chasm opened up separating my life forever...

Depression seems to be the “it” news in today’s media. The funny thing is it’s always been an issue that many face throughout much of life’s trial and tribulations. It’s...

I saw a brochure on how to tell the children that you have cancer, but nothing about how to tell your mother. Telling my kids required carefully thinking it through...

This is a topic that comes up again and again.  To be fair though, this is the case with a lot of what I write about...the same things if you...

Myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN) are a type of rare blood cancer. MPN develop due to a change, called a mutation, that occurs in the DNA of stem cells in the bone...

Nearly 1.3 million people in the U.S are living with or in remission from leukemia, lymphoma or myeloma. Blood cancers are the third leading cancer killer of Americans. An even...

Of those who responded to our 2018 Blood Cancer In America survey, 32% were impacted by lymphoma, a type of blood cancer found in the lymphatic system. The two major...

In our 2018 Blood Cancer In America survey, people living with blood cancer shared their perspective on how the condition has impacted their life. Survey results indicated that blood cancer...

10 years ago today, without knowing it, I went to the last party I would go to where I drank. Alcohol had always been there. Not in a bad way...