General Mental Health Resources...Living with a mental health condition may pose many challenges. It requires coping, finding treatment, and managing the impact of the condition on family, friendships, and work. Stigma can make...
What Is Mental Health?...Mental health is the range of thoughts, emotions, and behaviors that affect your well-being and how you relate to others. Just like good physical health, good mental health is vital...
Learning to Live With Limitations...When you have blood cancer, it comes with limitations. That’s just the long and short of it, period. Accepting those limitations into your life, though, is not easy and takes...reactions14comments
What Qualities Do You Look for in a Physician?...The possibility of a cancer diagnosis can be most frightening. Choosing the right physician for follow-up, diagnosis and treatment is so important. The process may take time as you look...reactions12comments
Tips to Take Your Mind Off Cancer...You have cancer and that’s a tough pill to swallow. Along with that news comes a whole host of emotions, side effects, and loss. It will take time to get...reactions18comments
Favorite quote or poem...What is your favorite quote or poem? OR! what is a favorite quote or poem that best describes your battle/journey/survival of blood cancer?...reactions1replyAwareness
When You Wonder, Could it Happen to Me?...“That’s very sad, but it’s not you.” My son said words to this effect years ago when my good friend and soulmate PJ died. The two of us had found...reactions9comments
It Only Takes A Moment...Lately, I’ve been listening to the song “It Only Takes A Moment” from the musical Hello Dolly/i>. The song is sung by one of the protagonists who sings how it...reactions19comments
Anxiety Can Be Such a Downer!...Lately, I've been dealing with anxiety more than I would like to admit. As much as I am outgoing and very high energy, I'm also a hermit crab too! I...reactions10comments
Choosing Doors 1, 2, and 3...Have you ever seen that game show Price is Right? The object is to spin the wheel and be the highest scorer, who wins a chance to bid on the...reactions12comments
One Year in Remission...In this video, Dennis looks back on his one year of remission from non-Hodgkin lymphoma and looks forward to the year to come 2022. Hopefully the remission continues....reactions8comments
My Port Trilogy (Part Three)...When I wrote about my port recently, I wasn’t planning on making it into a three-part saga. Similarly, two years ago, I wasn’t planning to watch every episode of all...reactions6comments
How Cold Showers Help Me Live With Blood Cancer...I know what you might be thinking, and I used to think that way too. Even though I have lived most of my life in Minnesota, I was not a...reactions23comments
Making Yourself Heard...Listening is so important especially when blood cancer is involved. I’ve had a few dicey incidents lately where someone not listening put me in a precarious medical position. I’m not...reactions15comments
My Disease is Not Just a Plot Device...I started noticing after my blood cancer diagnosis that a lot of tv shows and movies use cancer as a plot device. I remember hanging out with my roommate in...reactions24comments
Power of Words...Do you find negative or positive words affect your overall health? For me, negative energy most definitely raises my blood pressure....reactions2repliesCoping
Even the Strong One Has Breaking Moments...I love superwomen! At times, I want to think that I am superwomen! Call me Super P, P for Panda! I mean, I did see a quote that said "Have...reactions8comments
Water, Please...When we speak of what helps us maintain the balance within our body composition, water is so very important. Did you realize our bodies are made of 60-70% of water?...reactions12comments
What is one thing you want the world to know about multiple myeloma?...Share one thing you want the world to know about life with multiple myeloma....reactions3repliesAwarenessMultiple Myeloma
Phoenix Rising After Diagnosis...The Phoenix Bird of Greek mythology symbolizes fire, rebirth and a passion for life. What inspiration has helped you recover your sense of hope and balance after being diagnosed with...reactions10repliesTips & Advice