For Goodness' Sake, Wash Your Hands!...I think blood cancer is making me anxious or maybe it's this coronavirus. Darn! Why didn't I buy stock in a hand...reactions8comments
Beneath the Mask...I recently took my first trip since my diagnosis a year and a half ago. I flew from Minnesota to Texas to...reactions16comments
Infections and Informed Consent...Recently a friend of mine and I were talking about how to navigate relationships. It’s a conversation that more and more people...reactions21comments
Surviving Setbacks: How Do You Cope During Rough Times?...Do you ever feel that, for every bit of progress you make in your blood cancer journey, something comes along to smack...reactions24comments
You Are Seen...We never really see ourselves. I mean that literally. Our eyes face forward at the world around us. We have no real...reactions6comments
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
CML Is Isolating, Too - Can We Fix That?...We’re taking isolation to the next level. I promised myself I wouldn’t write about Covid more than I had to. As a...reactions8comments
Staying Connected...If you are like me, you’re feeling a need to connect these days. I’m working from home, self-isolating as much as I...reactions3comments
Preparing For a Safe Doctor Visit...COVID-19 has changed the world and it doesn’t look like it’s changing back anytime soon. There are many precautions in place to...reactions18comments
Making Lemonade...“You sure know how to make lemonade,” a friend commented to me the other day. Now, I guarantee she wasn’t talking about...reactions8comments
Becoming an Empty Nester With Blood Cancer...Recently, my son graduated from high school. My baby, the youngest of my three children, will leave for college in a few...reactions12comments
Unexpected Superheroes!...Typically, when someone hears superhero immediately most of the world starts naming Superman, wonder woman, Batman, and so on. My superhero is...reactions11comments
Lucky to Count a Sister-friend Among My Caregivers...I have one biological sister, but I have a lot of sister-friends, and I was lucky that one of the sister-friends and...reactions10comments
My Check-Up Process...Hi! Welcome back! One of the main questions I get asked is about how my doctor chooses to go about my follow-ups...reactions3comments
Learning I have Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)...In September, I went in for my annual mammogram. All was good with it but the lymph nodes in my armpit were...reactions3comments
CLL Remission: Faith in God and My Doctor...I have chronic lymphocytic leukemia. I was walking around with a knot on my neck, didn't feel very good, and I was...reactions4comments
My Third Bout with Cancer...I just read the story by Glenn. I was astonished by the similarities we had in common which has been rare of...reactions5comments
How Cancer Changed My Faith...When faced with a life threatening illness, many people have very specific reactions to their faith and how they continue to practice...reactions10comments
Two Strikes at Once...I'm 56, disabled, but still here. At 49 I was having terrible headaches, so bad I went to my primary, crying, telling...reactions6comments
It Is What It Is...Nov 2016, 3 days before Thanksgiving, I was diagnosed with MDS blood cancer. My mom was diagnosed on December 3rd, 2016 with...reactions9comments
