Katelynn Bauer...Katelynn Bauer is a blood cancer survivor who battled the disease off and on for 5 years before finally beating it at...
It Was Always About Love, Anyway: Remembering Cherie Rineker...We are deeply saddened to share that blood cancer advocate, Cherie Rineker, passed away on October 23, 2019. Cherie tirelessly advocated for...reactions1comment
Mya Bees Journey...My daughter Mya was diagnosed with AML M6 back in 2017 at the age of 2 1/2 yrs old. We had no...reactions13comments
Catastrophizing - Big Word, Big Stress...Catastrophizing. Oh boy, that’s a big word. A big, scary, word. Of course, as blood cancer patients we should probably be used...reactions17comments
Do Not Give Up...I was diagnosed in 2014 with Waldenstrom’s Macroglobulinemia and have been on different meds and infusions. I am currently on Brukinsa and...reactionscomments
Not 1 but 2...My wife was told she has blood cancer 6 months ago so our journey begins. She's 59 and scared to death she...reactions1comment
Lost in the System...The basic premise of this story is simple I was fighting something but what? I didn’t have symptoms close enough together, we...reactions2comments
How to Stop Worrying...September was a very difficult month for me. It is the anniversary of my devastating news of a cancer diagnosis as well...reactions4comments
TK Sellman...TK was previously a health leader on Blood-Cancer.com. TK Sellman, RPSGT CCSH is a career journalist (Columbia Chicago, ’90). She was diagnosed...
How to Talk to a Blood Cancer Patient...Recently, I was thinking about the question: How should a person speak to someone living with a blood cancer? The only answer...reactions11comments
Medical PTSD: Nina Simone, You Do Know How I Feel (Part 2)...I sometimes relive the moments in which I was told about CLL and the fabled colon cancer. I even have the occasional...reactions15comments
Medical PTSD: Nina Simone, You Do Know How I Feel (Part 1)...Nina Simone may or may not have experienced post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in her lifetime and she didn’t write the song “Feeling...reactions9comments
Plasma Cell Leukemia...I was diagnosed with Plasma Cell Leukemia in June 2020. At the time my hemoglobin was 4 and my platelets were 20...reactions1comment
Plasma Cell Leukemia...I was diagnosed with plasma cell leukemia in June 2020. After diagnosis, I was immediately placed on CAR-D-PACE. I was in the...reactions4comments
Staying as Healthy as Possible (Part 2)...As we all know, cancer takes a toll on our bodies. Eating healthy and moving often are two great ways to try...reactions11comments
Staying as Healthy as Possible (Part 1)...Cancer beats up our bodies and then we get treated with some type of chemotherapy, radiation, etc. which beats it up even...reactions7comments
Hello Goodbye Stem Cells...When diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 2011, I, like so many newly diagnosed patients, had never heard of this blood cancer. Also...reactions7comments
Leon Russell and Me: Making Final Arrangements...What do I have in common with musician and songwriter Leon Russell? We share the same hometown, graduated from the same high...reactions14comments
Role Reversal: Survivor Becomes the Caregiver...Life can certainly be filled with challenges. I survived non-Hodgkin lymphoma with much support from my caring husband and family. Now it...reactions23comments
Trusting Your Instincts...Look, for many of us, where would we be if we didn’t trust that in the gut, “I told you so” instinct...reactions13comments
