Preventive Medicine and Multiple Myeloma Advocacy...I had the pleasure of attending this year’s ACPM (American College of Preventive Medicine) conference in Washington DC. In a nutshell, ACPM’s...reactionscomments
The Life Lessons of Living with Leukemia...The song “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” is running through my head today. What do I want? A life free...reactions1comment
Sleep Would Be Nice...When I had blood cancer, I had a whole bunch of symptoms. One of them happened to be insomnia. I was in...reactions18comments
Symptoms - Swollen Lymph Nodes...A common sign of blood cancer is swollen lymph nodes (lymphadenopathy). Swollen lymph nodes can feel like hard lumps under your skin...
When the Caregiver Has Blood Cancer...When I retired from teaching in 2017, I wasn't feeling well and was in the process of having several medical tests run...reactions2comments
Paula Rosado...Paula has been a Chronic Mylogenous Leukemia patient since 2012. She has navigated her way through trials of daily oral chemotherapy and...
Appreciating, and Missing, My Blood Cancer Sister...I used to say that my blood-cancer-sister Patricia Jempty, who called herself PJ, was my doppelganger, or double. I think that’s what...reactionscomments
Isolation and Blood Cancer...In the book of Genesis 2:18, we find a quote saying, “It is not good that man should be alone.” A few centuries ...reactions4comments
The "Good" Cancer...I have heard some people say non-Hodgkins follicular lymphoma (FL), is the “good” kind of cancer. I mean yes and no. I...reactions2comments
The Journey of Uncertainty...Learning you have cancer is just the first step, muddling through what follows is often a mind-blowing journey of uncertainty. By age...reactions7comments
My Quest to Find My Pre-Leukemia Self...As a writer, some of my best ideas and thoughts arrive at unexpected times. Such was the case today when I was...reactionscomments
Multiple Mets and No Primary...December 21, 2017 is a day that I'll never forget. It's the day my life changed forever with a phone call and...reactions10comments
My Support System...I’m very lucky in that I have an amazing support system. It’s something that was very apparent from the moment I was...reactionscomments
Saying "No" To Your Doctors & The White Coat Effect...Nobody’s nerfect. You’ve all heard the saying before but just in case you haven’t, the point is that no one in this...reactions31comments
The Importance of Sleep...We sleep for one-third of our lives. That’s how important sleep is. However, Dr. Marishka Brown, a sleep expert at the National...reactions3comments
Multiple Myeloma Diagnosis...Summer of 2023, I started having extreme back pain and hip pain. I bent over in my kitchen to pick something up...reactionscomments
Chronic Questioning With Chronic Myeloid Leukemia...It is easy for others to forget the chronic nature of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), but I do not have the luxury...reactions2comments
Symptoms - Weight Loss...Blood cancers can affect your body in many ways. Some blood cancer symptoms, like weight loss, may also impact other symptoms and...
Essential Thrombocythemia and JAK2 Mutation...Essential thrombocythemia (ET) is a rare disease. People who have it, though, on average, tend to have a normal life expectancy. People...reactions1comment
What are Myeloproliferative Neoplasms (MPNs)?...Myeloproliferative neoplasms are a group of blood cancers that develop from blood stem cells, the immature cells that can become red blood...
