If you could accomplish?...If you could accomplish your biggest goal right now, would you do it? And what is that goal?...reactions25repliesAwareness
Fat vs Fit...People are often surprised when I mention that I am a cancer patient. People say, “You don’t look like a cancer patient.” But what does that mean? I’m not too...reactions9comments
Annoyance and Anxiety Make A Strange Cocktail...When you are 12 years out – meaning 12 years from the date of your stem cell transplant – you’re not going to have the same checkup anxiety as when...reactions2comments
Santa Baby...When I went to elementary school I was not a big fan of Santa Claus. My neighborhood was diverse. We had social housing, low-income housing, and some lovely and pricey...reactions11comments
Stopping Treatment...A community member messaged us and asked the following: "Hi there I have CML. I'm I was diagnosed in July 2017. I started on dasatinib a month later. I have...reactions8repliesTreatment
When a Pill Is Not Just A Pill...Last week, I had several medical appointments, two of which were with practitioners I had never seen before. To be clear, neither of them had anything to do with blood...reactions42comments
The Right Amount of Empathy...My oncologist works in a large research hospital that is attached to a medical school. When I go to an appointment with him to check on my follicular lymphoma, there...reactions6comments
sharing......I live with, and am carecargiver of my 93 year old mother. Even if I tell her of my dx not certain she would understand (?) Plus my brother died...reactions5repliesFriends & FamilyCoping
Keep Running the Race...When I think of my difficult cancer journey, a Bible verse from Hebrews 12:1 comes to mind. Keep running the race set before you with endurance. I was a runner...reactions5comments
Better Than Ice Cream: Frozen Cocoa Banana Smoothie Recipe...Once upon a time, I had a pretty serious relationship with all things ice cream. As a young child, my dad and I bonded over our love for our two...reactions12comments
When first diagnosed...Did anyone have absolutely no reaction when told you have "cancer" ... Ok ... "You have leukemia" ... ok. I wasn't scared, shocked, or upset. Have had to educate myself...reactions41repliesDiagnosis
R-CHOP + Port Removal...In this final video, Dennis discusses his port removal and offers a recap of his journey with blood cancer and R-CHOP chemotherapy treatments....reactions2comments
Respecting Decisions...It's bad enough coping with blood cancer, as the number of decisions are endless, and depending on the disease, the options are a lot to absorb. But what happens when...reactions18comments
Diet And Cancer - Inextricably Linked...Diet. If there is one thing that you can pretty much be assured of when you get cancer, it’s that at some point, someone is going to tell you about...reactions9comments
Now What?...You have been diagnosed with cancer and you are probably feeling all of these emotions. It can be so overwhelming at first. For most of us, the next question is...reactions3comments
To Change the Channel, Try the 'Five Things' Exercise...When you are fresh out of transplant, the fear of relapse can storm into your mind with a shout. “I’M RELAPSING!” you might think when feeling tired or out of...reactions3comments
Exercise: How To Stay On Track...Exercising was like eating vegetables. I knew it was good for me, but I couldn’t seem to keep at it. Casually walking for fun was great, but walking regularly was...reactions3comments
COVID Gave Me The Push I Needed...Having cancer and living during the COVID-19 pandemic has been quite a roller coaster. Cancer already makes you immunocompromised and then there was COVID to worry about. In my case...reactions6comments
A Plan Is In Place...Well, the last few weeks have been pretty horrific really. The dog's owner and I had a major blow out which wasn’t even an argument it just all exploded over a...reactions4comments
Video blog or journal 📓 your cancer journey?...How many of you have recorded some of your journey being diagnosed with cancer whether it was journaling or video blogging....reactions8repliesAwarenessTips & Advice
