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I look at my calendar and I see a day to celebrate just about anything! I do have some favorites. January 1st is National Hangover Day for us Canadians -...

As cancer survivors, we have experienced emotional scars and challenges. I was looking for inspiration and thoughts other than my life with cancer. I discovered that volunteering could provide comfort...

Music has played a role in my life and holds an important place in my chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) journey as well. I started clarinet lessons at the age of...

I recently read the fiction book, The Midnight Library by Matt Haig. The main character, thirty-five-year-old Nora, has become highly depressed. The poor lady carries a lot of guilt. What if she...

It’s funny, recently the subject of music came up and how I used it during cancer to relax on those days when nothing else worked. It’s also how I ended...

Immediately when you think of chemotherapy, you may think of hair loss, nausea, fatigue, losing weight, and losing strength. Right? But no one talks about the effects of chemo on...

After I had been formally diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, my dermatologist at MD Anderson also wanted me to get a mole removed for a biopsy. I don’t even remember what...

When you got the devastating news of being diagnosed with cancer, did you think about how life will change for you? Did you think about what type of patient will...

Life is what happens every day. It’s getting up and going to work. It’s spending time with your family. It’s trying to enjoy all that you can. But then cancer...

It takes a lot to get through this journey we are on. It requires great strength, both mental and spiritual. I know that I would not be where I am...

One of the most difficult parts of having chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is accepting that the way my life was before, is now a memory. After months, maybe years of...

What has your experience been with infertility after your cancer treatment? From my own personal experience, I can tell you how it has gone for me, the options I was...

For stem cell transplant recipients, anniversaries, or transplantaversaries, or re-birthdays, are cause for celebration. For divorced people, a wedding anniversary, or a divorced wedding anniversary, brings mixed feelings. Yesterday was...

Ok, imagine this: you’re lying on your back, someone puts a steel bucket over your head then bangs on it with a hammer, over and over in rapid, ear-splitting succession...

I get the question a lot, "How did you know you had non-Hodgkin lymphoma?" My answer... I had no idea where my NHL came from, when it started, nor what...

I always say that one of the most stressful times through my experience with cancer was leading up to treatment. Navigating a world I knew nothing about as I was...

Cancer never leaves you. I know, you’re like, “uhh, no duh Dan, why don’t you just tell us the sky is blue.” Well, smartypants, the sky isn’t actually blue, but...

Through self-care, we pay attention to our needs, strengthen ourselves, and build resilience. A study by Yale University in 2011 reported that benefits include improved quality of life, better treatment...

Happy Halloween 🎃! On any other day, my name is Amanda Panda 🐼, but during Halloween, you can call me Panda Deville also known as Carella Deville! Lol! Where are...

A couple of years ago, I took a road trip with my nephew and my dog, Gracie. We explored Flagstaff, Arizona, the Grand Canyon, the Petrified Forest, Moab, and visited...