Teaching Hospitals: The Good and the Bad...The benefit of being at a teaching hospital is that you get access to a wealth of knowledge and many opinions. That...reactionscomments
Life After Cancer: The Emotional Fall Out...When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my self-esteem was not in great condition. I remember specifically thinking to myself “nobody will even...reactions5comments
AML Leukemia: Quite a Shock...At the beginning of March 2017, I wasn't feeling up to par. So, I went to the after hours clinic and was...reactions6comments
Yoga... And Then Some...To categorize this next blog, it’d be under the "health & wellness category" (stay with me) and I give writing inspiration credit...reactions1comment
An Unexpected Hospitalization...After ten months of a “watch and wait” approach for non-Hodgkin lymphoma, I was faced with enlarging lymph nodes, which were threatening...reactionscomments
Reaching Equilibrium with Your Cancer...Like most of us, the date I was diagnosed with cancer is etched in my memory. May 2, 2011. In terms of...reactionscomments
Telling the Children Requires a Certain State of Mind...A brochure called “What Do I Tell the Children?” caught my eye at Dana-Farber’s Blum Patient and Family Resource Center when I...reactions4comments
Role Reversal: After My Cancer, Becoming a Caregiver...Last fall, I found myself as both a cancer survivor of non-Hodgkin lymphoma and caregiver. My husband became critically ill and was...reactionscomments
MGUS and the Multiple Myeloma Connection...Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) is a medical condition characterized by increased levels of M protein in the blood. M (monoclonal)...reactions10comments
Dating After Cancer...I think we can all agree that dating can be tough, but dating after cancer is on a completely different level. Going...reactionscomments
Fertility, Fatigue, and Figuring Out the Right Treatment Regimen...After graduating from Edinburgh and leaving consultant number 1 behind (very happily!), I came under the care of consultant number 2 in...reactionscomments
Deciding if a Support Group is Right for You...Cancer patients often experience significant distress and can have a reduced quality of life. Cancer support groups involve the provision of emotional...reactionscomments
After Transplant, Missing, Then Savoring, Strawberries...Strawberry season in Massachusetts – late June to early July – makes me think of the times after transplant when I couldn’t...reactions2comments
Traveling Multiple Myeloma Road...I was diagnosed on November 10, 2017 with Multiple Myeloma Kappa 17p Stage 3, a rare type of cancer that causes uncontrolled...reactions4comments
Not Always a Placebo! Types of Clinical Trials...When many people think of clinical trials, they may think of testing a new experimental drug or taking a placebo pill. But...reactionscomments
Happiness...That Fickle Thing of Mine...Happiness. That thing that we crave and look for. It’s there and then in a heartbeat, it’s gone. I often ‘lose my...reactionscomments
Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia...A type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia (WM) is when the cancer cells in the lymphocytes—immune system cells that help the...reactionscomments
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Differences in Blood Cancer Experience...In our 2018 Blood Cancer In America survey, over 2,500 people impacted by blood cancer shared their experiences about diagnosis, treatment, and...reactions1comment
Managing My Compromised Immune System...Cancer patients may be susceptible to infections from their disease and from the treatment, which can destroy white blood cells (WBC). Our...reactions12comments
