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Approximately seven months ago, I wrote two articles on my experiences starting a nonprofit. Part 2 was primarily about mistakes made and lessons I learned. It ends with a piece...

I’ve been going through doctors like candy. My original oncologist left the insurer. The next doctor, whom I liked very much, retired. My current doctor seems nice but I only...

There are many choices to contemplate when blood cancer strikes, but determining whether or not to continue your employment has to be a huge factor. Unfortunately, for many, the choice...

In October comes Halloween! And with Halloween comes candy, lots and lots of candy. It’s in all the stores and every kind is available. There’s chocolate, gooey, hard, soft, and...

The one missing piece to my story thus far is the impactful tale of my first (and only so far) bone marrow biopsy. It was six years ago so some...

When I relapsed three-and-a-half years after my autologous transplant, I was surprised – well, actually dismayed – to learn that I would get a new doctor for my upcoming allogeneic...

Recently a friend told me about a movie that made him not just cry, but sob. I am a sucker for those kinds of movies, so I knew I had...

Learning you have cancer is just the first step, muddling through what follows is often a mind-blowing journey of uncertainty. By age 77, I had faced cancer twice before. At...

Rainbows, puppies, and unicorns are in short supply at the moment. Sorry, my natural sarcasm is at the forefront. Today is day three of non-stop nausea and annoying pain that...

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...

Official Rules, Terms and Conditions for the Blood Cancer Awareness Month 2021 Giveaway NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE DOES NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. VOID...

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...