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On an idle, rainy Saturday, I started thinking about the phrase “bad blood.” The Bad Blood title, per my Google research, is used in a number of forums in music...

Patients with a cancer diagnosis may experience feelings of fear, helplessness, and shock. I can remember all of these emotions when first diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma. A range of reactions...

Just my luck to get something no one understands! "You have WHAT? MDS? Don't you mean MS?" people have said to me. No, I have a type of blood cancer...

2020 has been a tumultuous year for so many. This pandemic has been a mess literally for those affected by this virus, and those losing their jobs because of it...

I think I'll start this one off with a random question. In the end, it may or may not have much to do with this article but I'll give it...

I had three weeks off treatment in October and there was a ‘family planning mishap’. And I’m not going to lie. I had everything crossed that I would get pregnant. It...

I have one biological sister, but I have a lot of sister-friends, and I was lucky that one of the sister-friends and my “birth sister” live in the Boston area...

In a perfect world, our paths would not have crossed. Sarah was an X-ray technician, and Andrea was a nurse. I was a math teacher. Even though we lived in...

If you read Part 1, you know I decided to make walking my New Year’s resolution. You also know that there was a surprise coming. Here is the conclusion. I...

The focus of a cancer diagnosis is on the cancer patient, naturally. There is often a caregiver struggling with their fears and worries over their loved ones in the background...

Growing up, my stepdad always seemed so old. I imagined he was born an old man. And the funny thing is, it seemed liked everyone else saw him as old...

January 15 is my diagnosiversary. It’s been 13 years since I was diagnosed with follicular lymphoma, and 11 years since my first treatment with a monoclonal antibody. In the past...

Finding as doctor is difficult. Finding a doctor you like is even more difficult. Finding a doctor you like who also takes your insurance is near impossible. Like finding a...

I listen to and read many things. It helps me to find out the information I need to stay as healthy as possible. I share this information with my family...

During my chemotherapy treatment for follicular lymphoma I began to feel a little foggy, forgetful and at times had difficulty concentrating. I began to forget things that I usually remembered...

On September 3, 2019, I received a text from my friend Caren saying, "Have you heard? Dorothea Benton Frank has passed away!" "I know," I texted back. "I just read...

I don’t know if it’s because of COVID, as it’s been 13 years since I was last in the fertility clinic, but the best thing about it was that I...

I am now living with blood cancer and undergoing infusions with all the joys that treatment brings. A few days after my first infusion my white blood count went to...

Many know all too well the headaches that are involved when getting chemo weekly. Not only is the process long in most cases, but it’s also ruinous on the veins...

Something happened today at physical therapy that, to be frank, pissed me off. To provide context, about two years ago, I began therapy on my foot for a badly torn...