Holding Pattern...As I was talking with my friend currently undergoing treatment for breast cancer, it reminded me of a feeling I had during my treatments. She shared that she felt like...reactions2comments
It's COOL To Be On Medicare!..."You're cool!" a third-grade boy said to me while doing cafeteria duty at lunchtime. "Thank you," I replied. A few days later, he said the same thing to me. This...reactions16comments
Stress Relief...Stress is a common thing in our society. We feel it at work, in school, when visiting friends, and even with family. It’s hard to get away from it since...reactions2comments
We've Come a Long Way...I look at my calendar and I see a day to celebrate just about anything! I do have some favorites. January 1st is National Hangover Day for us Canadians -...reactions5comments
Volunteering: Giving Back, Mutually Beneficial...As cancer survivors, we have experienced emotional scars and challenges. I was looking for inspiration and thoughts other than my life with cancer. I discovered that volunteering could provide comfort...reactions8comments
Music as the Great Escape (Part 1)...Music has played a role in my life and holds an important place in my chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) journey as well. I started clarinet lessons at the age of...reactions13comments
The Midnight Library: What Would You Do Differently?...I recently read the fiction book, The Midnight Library by Matt Haig. The main character, thirty-five-year-old Nora, has become highly depressed. The poor lady carries a lot of guilt. What if she...reactions6comments
Breaking Down Cancer's Choices Like Music...It’s funny, recently the subject of music came up and how I used it during cancer to relax on those days when nothing else worked. It’s also how I ended...reactions4comments
The Teeth and Chemo Talk, Oh My!...Immediately when you think of chemotherapy, you may think of hair loss, nausea, fatigue, losing weight, and losing strength. Right? But no one talks about the effects of chemo on...reactions10comments
I Made Everyone In The Waiting Room Listen To Phantom Of The Opera By Accident...After I had been formally diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, my dermatologist at MD Anderson also wanted me to get a mole removed for a biopsy. I don’t even remember what...reactions11comments
Patient Type...When you got the devastating news of being diagnosed with cancer, did you think about how life will change for you? Did you think about what type of patient will...reactions4comments
Doing What You Can...Life is what happens every day. It’s getting up and going to work. It’s spending time with your family. It’s trying to enjoy all that you can. But then cancer...reactions6comments
Faith Over Fear...It takes a lot to get through this journey we are on. It requires great strength, both mental and spiritual. I know that I would not be where I am...reactions8comments
Setting Realistic Expectations as a CML Patient...One of the most difficult parts of having chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is accepting that the way my life was before, is now a memory. After months, maybe years of...reactions8comments
Infertility and Cancer (Part 2)...What has your experience been with infertility after your cancer treatment? From my own personal experience, I can tell you how it has gone for me, the options I was...reactions5comments
What age were you diagnosed?...What age were you diagnosed with a blood cancer?...reactions111repliesDiagnosis
Divorced Anniversary, A Complicated Day...For stem cell transplant recipients, anniversaries, or transplantaversaries, or re-birthdays, are cause for celebration. For divorced people, a wedding anniversary, or a divorced wedding anniversary, brings mixed feelings. Yesterday was...reactionscomments
A New Kind of Therapy...Ok, imagine this: you’re lying on your back, someone puts a steel bucket over your head then bangs on it with a hammer, over and over in rapid, ear-splitting succession...reactions6comments
How Did You Know?...I get the question a lot, "How did you know you had non-Hodgkin lymphoma?" My answer... I had no idea where my NHL came from, when it started, nor what...reactions4comments