Should I Change My Oncologist?...As a cancer patient, one must be comfortable and confident in your oncologist. I recently spoke with a cancer survivor about her...reactions3comments
How Can I Safely Stay Updated About Blood Cancer?...I am always eager to learn about new research and treatment options for my blood cancer. When visiting my oncologist, he knows...reactions2comments
Telling Friends...When I first received the news that I had leukemia I didn’t want to tell anyone. I told my family of course...reactions15comments
Quackery...Okay let me start off by saying, I’ve met many people over the past 9 or so years that have meant well;...reactionscomments
Road Warrior Down...Every cancer patient remembers the first time they heard the “C” word applied to themselves. Everything stops. Priorities change in an instant...reactions8comments
Mantle Cell Lymphoma Stage 4...I was diagnosed with this rare type of NHL in Oct 2013. I chose to do nothing. From everything I read, MCL...reactions6comments
Multiple Myeloma and Faith...I had severe pain starting in November of 2017 out of the blue. I went to specialist after specialist and they all...reactions10comments
APL Does Not Define Me...My name is Becky, and I am a Registered Nurse. In July of 2013, I was diagnosed with Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia at...reactions7comments
Amyloidosis and Smoldering Myeloma...Mine is not a blood cancer, per se, but it’s generated in the same place, the bone marrow. Just like multiple myeloma...reactions1comment
The Wave...I was diagnosed with multiple myeloma on February 21, 2019. As I sat there in the treatment room alone; for my oncologist/hematologist...reactions10comments
Remission with NHL/CLL...Was diagnosed with NHL was clear for 8 years. Felt sick, went ER. They did a CT scan, I had a feeling...reactions1comment
Hoping for Hope...My husband was diagnosed with multiple myeloma almost 4 years ago. This diagnosis came roughly two weeks after his 40th birthday, and...reactions9comments
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...reactions8comments
Our Team of Advocates Living with Lymphoma...Living with a type of lymphoma? You're in the right place. Our team on Blood-Cancer.com is made up of people living with...reactionscomments
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...reactions5comments
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...reactionscomments
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...reactions10comments
Living in a Blood Cancer Bomb Cyclone...This winter, here in Massachusetts, we awaited the arrival of a huge blizzard one weekend. Weather forecasts were blaring news of worsening...reactions7comments
Challenge Accepted: Reluctantly Living with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia...Something happened today at physical therapy that, to be frank, pissed me off. To provide context, about two years ago, I began...reactions11comments
How are Biopsies Used to Diagnose Blood Cancer?...A biopsy is a procedure in which a sample of tissue is removed from the body for examination under the microscope. Biopsies...
