The Financial Cost of Cancer and How To Deal With It...The cost of blood cancer. We have gone through endless posts here talking about the emotional, physical, and social cost of cancer...reactions7comments
Family Times With Blood Cancer...It’s hard to consider thoughts of enjoying some portion of life in this new phase as a blood cancer survivor. The word...reactionscomments
Pamela Won't Let PV Define Her...I first met Pamela, age 64, when we worked together starting about 30 years ago. Long after we had both moved on...reactions3comments
JAK2 Mutation in Me...My bone marrow-blood cancer called primary myelofibrosis (MF) started on a festive Cinco de Mayo, 2015. It was a normal work day...reactions4comments
Am I Still Safe?...I have my next check-up in 2 weeks. Later than it should have been, really, but there wasn’t a time slot that...reactionscomments
What is Myelofibrosis?...Myelofibrosis is one of several types of blood cancer called “myeloproliferative neoplasms,” or MPN. The common factor in these diseases is that...reactions3comments
Conversations With Myself About Relapsing ... Or Not...It’s a good thing I live by myself, because I sure do talk to myself a lot. Or do I talk to...reactions2comments
Cancer- Not Once, but Twice...In March of 2013 I was diagnosed with thyroid cancer, but not just one but two types of cancer- Follicular and Papillary...reactions4comments
Kathleen Hawkins...I was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma 3/18. My primary physician noticed that my blood work was out of order. We were checking...reactionscomments
My son...On July 9th, my 27-year-old son was diagnosed with Burkitt's Lymphoma. As a mom, I feel as if I've failed to protect...reactions1comment
March 2021 diagnosis...My story started in March 2021 when my previous blood test showed mostly red and critical results. I was stunned but not...reactionscomments
Thru-Walkers On The Blood Cancer Trail...One of the best and most well-known hiking trails in the United States is the Appalachian Trail (AT). Starting at the top...reactionscomments
Chemo-Savvy: A CML Patient's Top 5 Caregiver Tips...I’ve been a leukemia patient since 2011 and it isn’t always easy to navigate this disease. It can be painful, disturbing, and...reactions14comments
You Have MDS, Now What?..."I don't understand what is wrong with you," my friend said. Although I didn't particularly appreciate how she worded her statement, I...reactionscomments
Almost 12 Bleeping Years...Early in my myeloma journey (nightmare, adventure, health scare, eye opener, what have you), my specialist said to me that the goal...reactions12comments
Lowered Expectations...I got the most marvelous advice from a friend recently in just three simple words: lower your expectations. We were talking about...reactions23comments
Tyler Goodwin...Tyler was diagnosed with Follicular Lymphoma in the spring of 2016. FL is known as an "indolent" or slow-growing cancer, but it...
Handling Life with Leukemia and Fatigue...I recently saw a video where a woman declared that she was leaving her husband of many years. What was the problem?...reactionscomments
Remembering Scott Christiansen...We are deeply saddened to share that blood cancer advocate Scott Christiansen passed away on November 26, 2021. Scott had been living...reactions3comments
Diagnosed With Multiple Myeloma...I was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma in 2017, it has been quite the journey dealing with changing of meds to side effects...reactions6comments
