The Places You’ll Go...Congratulations! Today is your day. You’re off to Great Places. You’re off and away…Dr. Seuss "Wow! I’m going to New York City to take part in a blood cancer storytelling...reactions8comments
Watching My Hemoglobin: I Wish I Were a "10" Again!...October 25 is MDS World Awareness Day, an opportunity to commemorate and show support for those living with myelodysplastic syndromes. Bo Derek and Dudley Moore starred in the 1979 romantic...reactions3comments
Dealing with Comparisons...How and have you dealt with anyone comparing your blood cancer with something else...perhaps less life-threatening? I recall explaining multiple myeloma, but one individual had the audacity to compare it...reactions17repliesAwarenessCopingMultiple Myeloma
Unexpected Superheroes!...Typically, when someone hears superhero immediately most of the world starts naming Superman, wonder woman, Batman, and so on. My superhero is an everyday person with the superpowers of compassion...reactions11comments
A New Day...I saw the sunrise today. Every time I see this beautiful phenomenon of nature, I think back to when I was first diagnosed with blood cancer and the initial uncertainty...reactions13comments
What impact have sports or exercise had on your cancer experience?...During your cancer journey, what role did sports/exercise play? Whether it was watching on tv, observing in person, or playing yourself, how have sports impacted you?...reactions15repliesExercise
How I Got my (Tennis) Game Back...Despite my best efforts to coax my feet into moving and to make a good contact with the ball, today I played some of my worst tennis in years. But...reactions8comments
Do you think prevention of blood cancer is possible?...If you could tell your loved ones something to prevent them from being diagnosed with a blood cancer, what would it be?...reactions4repliesAwarenessFriends & FamilyTips & Advice
What Cancer Survivor Day Means to Me...A person living with cancer can be considered a cancer survivor. When diagnosed with blood cancer, non-Hodgkin lymphoma in 2010, I was overwhelmed and did not think I would survive...reactions5comments
Cancer of the blood ...I was recently diagnosed with MSD leukemia..I start chemo june 6th...reactions2replies
You Are a Survivor!...One of the first terms I heard when I was first diagnosed with blood cancer was about "Survivorship." It doesn't take long before you are very aware that whenever you...reactions41comments
Living Well with Cancer...Disclaimer: What follows is just what has worked so well for me that it has taken me from essentially being bed-ridden for the better part of nine weeks (including four...reactions2comments
Why People Treat Those With Cancer Badly...Lately a lot of people have been talking about how people treat you when you have blood cancer. Family, friends, at the doctor’s – it doesn’t matter where. Suddenly, things...reactions22comments
What about when you are ghosted by the person with Cancer?...I have a newish friendship of 2 months with a man. We just clicked on a natural deeper connection and felt like we had known each other for years. We...reactions3repliesFriends & FamilyCopingDiagnosis
A Hermits Life...I'm in my 3rd year of stage 3 CLL. My husband died of lung cancer the year before I was diagnosed. Having seen what he went thru I decided to...reactions10comments
Being Inquisitive Means Hope...The pressing words stating your body will no longer work the way it used to can scare the Be-Jesus out of many, and why wouldn’t it? This blood cancer journey...reactionscomments
Clinical Trials Conversations...I know a lot of people hit a wall as to how to bring the conversation up with their medical team on other options, besides the ones they may suggest...reactions6repliesAwarenessHealthcare TeamResearch & Clinical Trials
If you could give yourself one compliment regarding handling your blood cancer, what would it be?...Sometimes we focus on the hard parts of living with cancer that we forget to compliment ourselves for all the amazing things we do. Can you be proud and share...reactions19repliesCopingAwarenessTips & Advice
Polycythemia Vera...Hi. I was diagnosed with PV in 2017. I am on Hydroxvurea. 500 MG, 7 days per week. I have frequent phlebotomies but after the last phlebotomy, I got really...reactions1replyDiagnosisSymptoms
Play!...I just recently saw a TikTok video about a group of friends that were at a beach and decided to play the children’s game Duck-Duck-Goose. The caption read, “Groups that...reactions12comments
