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Every year, November 12th rolls around and it feels like November 12th, 2015 was yesterday. And then it doesn't. My journey through treatment feels like it was a lifetime ago...

Deciding whether or not to be public with your cancer journey is a very personal decision and there is no right or easy answer. There are definitely good and bad...

Ladies – you know I enjoy having all genders, races, religions, and creeds read my writing, but this one is going to be directed more at the men. I’m not...

In mid-November 2019, the blood cancer community saw the launch of the Follicular Lymphoma Foundation. There are lots of organizations that help raise money for blood cancer research. But this...

As a newly diagnosed blood cancer patient, I was very concerned about telling my child about my illness. My first reaction was to keep the news from them or to...

I think blood cancer is making me anxious or maybe it's this coronavirus. Darn! Why didn't I buy stock in a hand sanitizer company? I knew a lady who attended...

Cancer is a horrible and scary disease. No one wants to ever hear the words, "You've got cancer.” However, I believe that we can think of it as a positive...

In my lifetime, I’ve known of six people who’ve committed suicide. Three I knew personally. None of them had cancer. Some would say they were selfish and only thinking of...

Editor’s Note: LGBTQ+ stands for people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer. To learn more about gender identity, check out the interactive website The Genderbread Person. Have...

With all of the news circulating about the novel (new) coronavirus, it can be easy to feel overwhelmed or anxious. This is especially true if you are immune-compromised due to...

I know I am my own worst enemy. Because I am mental in so many ways. I know I need to rest over the weekends and just sit on the sofa and...

For those living with chronic health conditions, current news about the coronavirus (COVID-19) can be anxiety-inducing. We have questions and concerns about how the virus is transmitted, how it can...

I can admit it.  A great athlete I am not.  And that is not just due to the fact that I am quite rapidly (and rather disturbingly) approaching fifty.  This...

“The first to apologize is the bravest. The first to forgive is the strongest. The first to forget is the happiest.” Have you ever seen this quote? Here’s the thing...

As I celebrate my five years of remission from non-Hodgkin lymphoma, I thought about my initial diagnosis. I had just finished with the best summer of my life, enjoying the...

I’ve been saying a lot of four-letter words lately. I can’t help myself. I didn’t used to be like this. In fact, it didn’t really happen all that much until...

My mother and I were eating lunch at Taco Bell recently when a young lady approached us and said, "Hi, ladies. I need to buy some clothes for my great-aunt. ...

Nobody should say you’re lucky to get cancer, but luck is a matter of degree. For example, an acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patient like myself is lucky compared to one...

Cindy Chmielewski has been living with multiple myeloma, a form of blood cancer, since 2008. She goes by the handle “Myeloma Teacher” online, sharing information about the disease, research updates...

It would appear that since being on the new drug and feeling so much better that I’m really resisting chill time on the weekend. This is so stupid because I’m...