How are Bone Marrow Tests Used to Diagnose Blood Cancer?...Two of the tests that are commonly run to determine if a person has blood cancer (and to determine what type of...
What Imaging Tests are Used to Diagnose Blood Cancer?...Imaging tests are a variety of assessments that use medical equipment to create pictures of the body. There are several different imaging...
“You Don’t Look Sick:” Results of the Blood Cancer In America Survey...People rarely realize the true impact a blood cancer diagnosis can bring until it happens to them. From the debilitating fatigue and...reactions8comments
Play!...I just recently saw a TikTok video about a group of friends that were at a beach and decided to play the...reactions12comments
Does Having Blood Cancer Make Us Overly Sensitive?...Does having blood cancer make me overly sensitive to what others say? Please let me know if you feel that way too...reactions14comments
Coping with Late-Stage Blood Cancers...In some cases, after all appropriate and necessary treatments have been tried, the cancer may continue to progress or worsen, and doctors...
Community Views: The Most Confusing Part of Living with Blood Cancer...Finding out you have blood cancer is typically a huge shock – and then there are all the emotions that come next...reactions1comment
Susan Gonsalves...Susan Gonsalves lives in central Massachusetts and was diagnosed with chronic myelogenous leukemia in 2014. She believes the symptoms started many months...
Songs That Got Me Through Cancer...I assume, at some point in your life, you’ve had an anthem. An anthem to a break-up, an anthem to summer love...reactions12comments
Blood Cancer Anxieties: Isolation & Misunderstanding...In this series, we discuss causes of anxiety for those facing physical health conditions. Phrases in quotes are the words of our...reactions8comments
Writing to Cope with Cancer...Hearing the words, "You have cancer," is like getting a punch in the gut. Your feelings can go from shock to disbelief...reactions3comments
Keep Your Friends Close and Your Cancer Friends Closer...This journey has been so eye-opening to me in more ways than I can count. I've learned a lot about myself, but...reactions17comments
Leuk's Nightly Game...Do you ever find yourself lying in bed late at night, staring at the ceiling, and saying out loud, “WTF? I have...reactions22comments
Ring That Bell...I had heard about the ritual of ringing the bell after chemotherapy is complete, but until I was immersed in cancer treatment...reactions20comments
Cancer & Time...Time and cancer are inextricably linked. Like Siegfried and Roy, Mickey and Minnie, and Luke and Vader, blood cancer and time are...reactions18comments
Getting a Good Night's Sleep...Is getting enough sleep an issue for you? It is for me. At night, the distractions of the day aren’t there to...reactions12comments
Treatment Day Must Haves...I would like to offer you some suggestions as to what to bring with you when you have to have treatments. I...reactions8comments
Two Positives Of Having Cancer, Yes, I Said "Positives"...Wait.. I know what you are going to say. Cancer?? Positives?? You must have smoked some bad rainbows there, you chipper idiot...reactions6comments
Counts Can Be Scary...On Halloween, I enjoyed a treat: Wynton Marsalis and a big band playing arrangements of Sesame Street songs while The Muppets sang...reactions11comments
Fatigue - The Invisible Side Effect...Fatigue is sadly something that is often with me. It comes and goes. I don’t know when it will really hit me. I’ve had...reactions9comments
