Chemo Hair Can Be a Touchy Subject...People love to talk about my hair now that it’s been growing back. I think a lot of people are trying to...reactions4comments
Cancer, Community, and Buffalo Chicken...On the night of my 40th birthday, my wife took me out for a beer and a sandwich. That was 11 years...reactions6comments
Listening to My Body: Understanding Lymphoma Symptoms...I want to share the symptoms of Hodgkin lymphoma that I noticed prior to my diagnosis with you. Most importantly, I hope...reactions10comments
Surviving "Cancer Survivor"...Now that 2019 is upon us, it has me thinking. It’ll be my first post-cancer year. Which means, succinctly, I’ll be a...reactions18comments
The Value of Being a Peer Mentor...Experiencing and living through a cancer diagnosis involves taking charge in an overwhelming environment of tests, treatments and physician visits. As a...reactions7comments
Scanxiety Doesn't End at No Evidence of Disease...A part of the process of cancer care is the scan. Before my diagnosis with Hodgkin lymphoma, I had heard the terms...reactions3comments
Port of Entry Closed...Once my treatment plan was in place, the first step was a port-a-cath. My oncologist casually mentioned that the port procedure was...reactions6comments
Living with Lucy Part 2...That visit was soon followed by a hematologist/oncologist consultation because he specialized in dealing with folks who live with Lucy or one...reactionscomments
Living with Lucy Part 3...Let’s talk about blood donations for a minute. First, thank you if you have ever donated blood and to those of you...reactionscomments
Living with Lucy Part 1...By Linda Gainey Smock Lucy is a mean girl. Oh, I know, not all girls named Lucy are mean. In fact, I...reactionscomments
Cancer Takes and Takes and Takes... Everything...I often think about weird things when I am drifting off instead of working. Things like “How does Superman shave?” and “Do...reactions22comments
MPN Diagnosis...I was diagnosed with Polycythemia Vera by my general practitioner, essential thrombocythemia by my hematologist and Myeloproliferative disorder by my oncologist take...reactionscomments
Surviving Multiple Myeloma Since 1992...When diagnosed with stage 3 myeloma in 1992, an oncologist gave him 3 years to live. Jim asked more questions that led to...reactionscomments
ET? PCV?...My husband was diagnosed with blood cancer over ten years ago. They did all the blood tests, and bone marrow tests. It...reactions3comments
So?...For the past year and a half I felt so weak and fatigued. I had just moved down to a more so...reactions2comments
Blinders On...We humans are strange animals. Despite all evidence to the contrary, we sometimes think things will always stay the same. Like a...reactions6comments
Staying Healthy as a Cancer Survivor...As a cancer survivor, I was focused on care for my blood cancer and its follow-up. I was personally tired of physician...reactions4comments
Cancer Club...There is an inside group, a club no one wanted to join, of cancer survivors, no matter what kind of cancer the...reactions4comments
How Bullet Journaling Helps With Brain Fog...When I was first diagnosed with blood cancer, I didn’t know about side effects like brain fog and memory loss. I also...reactions29comments
What I Wish My Caretakers Knew...I want to preface this by saying I appreciate each and everything all of my caretakers did for me. Being sick was...reactions7comments
