Gifts That Keep On Giving...“The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear.” That’s a quote from Buddy the Elf from my favorite Christmas movie, Elf. It’s a small...reactions17comments
Holiday Madness...I’ve said this before: I absolutely love the holidays, but it’s bittersweet when I think of the many who are no longer here to take it all in. Here we...reactions18comments
Cancer Holiday Survival Guide...The Holidays with cancer. Of course, that’s a phrase no one wants to hear. Or say. Or even read, but for those of us here, it’s probably a reality. Blood...reactions40comments
The best friend I can be to my sister who has T-LGL leukemia with RA and liver damage from her RA drug (side effects) s ...I so want to be there for my sister and I worry I may say the wrong thing when I'm not walking in her shoes. I do know with my...reactions16repliesLeukemiaTips & AdviceHealthcare Team
For the Caregiver: Sometimes You Need To Recharge...We all know that when someone we love has cancer, it’s going to be tough on them. Most of the time, family members will chip in and help where they...reactions3comments
Lessons Learned From A Dog Named Vegas...His name is Vegas, which is appropriate. I gambled on him and lost - if you choose to look at it that way. My heart placed a bet that, after...reactions10comments
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
