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When I do my monthly lab work, I must go to my doctor’s office and they draw blood from my port. The veins in my right arm no longer work...

My brother and I are only 13 months apart. My mother says it was a bit like having twins, but with one a being a bit more advanced. I think...

I’m one in a million. Well…not exactly “one in a million.”  I have polycythemia vera (PV) which is considered a rare cancer.  According to the National Organization for Rare Disorders...

Daniel Malito is an advocate on two of Health Union’s communities: RheumatoidArthritis.net and Blood-Cancer.com. I had the opportunity to interview him for the Health Union podcast, Living With. We spoke...

I sometimes think of how Leuk has changed my life. He’s certainly made me appreciate it more. Time spent as a husband, father, and grandfather has become way more important...

When we think about fatigue and cancer, we often think about the physical and emotional toll cancer takes on the person diagnosed. Yet fatigue can also drastically affect the day-to-day...

I must start off by assuring the reader that when I say humor has healing powers, I do not suggest that humor can heal or cure a body from cancer...

In my thirty-some-odd years of medical adventures, I have met more than my share of characters. Any of you who have spent time in the hospital knows that nurses, doctors...

If you have had two kinds of cancer, you get to worry about two sets of signs that could be something bad. In the part of my mind that worries...

Having cancer taught me so many things about myself and caused me to feel emotions that I didn’t even know were possible. Obviously, there were many negative sides of being...

When I was a kid there was no doubt in my mind there were monsters in the closet, but every time I’d get my mom or dad to look, I’d...

Clinical trials are not as straight forward as people think. I currently don’t qualify for two reasons. First, my myeloma has become sneaky (oligo secretory) and hardly shows up in...

Meditation has been shown to have multiple benefits on a person’s health, both physical and emotional. Regular meditation can help relieve pain, increase positive emotions, and improve memory and concentration...

I got a haircut last week. I have so little hair at this point that my wife and kids haven’t even noticed it, two weeks later. Having so little hair...

When your loved one has cancer, you, the caregiver, need help too. The type and frequency of help that's needed can vary dramatically from person to person, but extra support...

The purpose of our body’s immune system is to protect us against disease and infection. It does this by defending us from foreign substances such as bacteria, viruses, allergens, and...

After being diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma at 25, my daughter Crystal had to spend a lot of time alone. I went with her to all of her treatments, but on...

One of the most anticipated experiences when it comes to blood cancer treatment is hair loss. It’s probably the first thing many people associate with cancer. I wasn’t sure how...

Do you ever find yourself lying in bed late at night, staring at the ceiling, and saying out loud, “WTF? I have leukemia?” (By the way, that stands for What...

Mental and physical health are intrinsically linked. Managing the stresses of a physical condition can be mentally and emotionally exhausting. Here we share 10 strategies for coping when you’re feeling...