Returning to Life After Cancer...While my chemotherapy and maintenance treatment are completed, it has taken me months to return to a normal life. My monthly oncologist...reactions5comments
My Love-Hate Relationship with Social Media...I’ve had a love–hate relationship with social media throughout the years. With social media, I was a late bloomer. I remember all...reactions7comments
The Importance of “Things to Look Forward To”...A blood cancer survivor may experience a wide range of emotions. I experienced many emotions this past year intensified as a cancer...reactions9comments
Polycythemia...I kept going to the doctor's office and complaining of a headache, fatigue, itching, and just general malaise. The PA would have...reactionscomments
How Roger Federer Helped me Get Through Chemo...When I told my kids how sad I was about Roger Federer’s retirement this September, at age 41, my son pointed out...reactions4comments
Dissociation...Google defines the word dissociation as, “The disconnection or separation of something from something else or the state of being disconnected.” It’s...reactions20comments
Some Things I Can No Longer Do...I didn’t think of it as an excuse, it’s my new reality. I’m grateful for 10yrs in remission of Stage 4 Hodgkin...reactions1comment
Food, Nutrition, and Health...During today’s video, I had a conversation with Niamh Gourlay. She holds a master’s degree from the University of Dublin in the...reactions20comments
Why patients need to be their top advocates...As the year ends, I reflect back on what has been a tough time medically for me—and not just because of my...reactions16comments
Menopause and 25 years old!...When you think of menopause as a young woman; you would usually think of an older woman. A woman who has had...reactions10comments
Cinderalla Effect...Having both CLL and NHL my wife has named the "Chemo fog" effect to Cinderella effect. Sometimes in the afternoon, I get...reactions9comments
Symptoms - Night Sweats...Night sweats are a general symptom that may be caused by blood cancer. However, there are several other conditions that can also...
Cancer Is A Disease of Feelings...All the feels. Cancer, and especially blood cancer, is so dependent on feelings that I wouldn’t be surprised to see it sitting...reactions26comments
The Time I Said a Stupid Thing about Cancer...A cancer survivor should be the last person to say a stupid thing about cancer. Yet a stupid thing about cancer is...reactions4comments
What A Year It Has Been...2022. A huge year for me in many ways. My first full year of not living in London since I moved there...reactions2comments
World Cancer Day 2021: What We Wish Others Knew...Over the years, we have had countless conversations in our community about what we wish people knew about life with cancer. We...reactions4comments
About Me...Diagnosed with non-hodgkin's lymphoma back in 2003. The first treatment was in 2005. I've had 4 maybe 5 treatments in all. I...reactions17comments
Symptoms and Side Effects with Racheli...In this three-part video series, Racheli talks about important topics for blood cancer patients: symptoms, side effects during treatment, and long term...reactions3comments
American Cancer Society Resources...Getting to speak with someone from the American Cancer Society (ACS) is pretty exciting and today I got to do just that...reactionscomments
Connie Connely...I taught special education classes for 39 years. My goal was to teach 40, but my health wouldn't allow it. I was...
