Your Advice For Others: Building A Strong Support System...In the face of blood cancer, building a strong support system can make a world of difference. This compilation features advice shared...reactionscomments
Why People Play Down Blood Cancer and How To Deal With It...There’s been a lot of talk lately about having our cancer diagnosis minimized, and I have to say that I have experienced...reactions16comments
Using Values to Navigate Life Transitions After a Cancer Diagnosis...A cancer diagnosis is a definitive change catalyst. After receiving their news, patients often find their lives bouncing through tumultuous change, particularly...reactionscomments
My Quest to Find My Pre-Leukemia Self...As a writer, some of my best ideas and thoughts arrive at unexpected times. Such was the case today when I was...reactionscomments
My Support System...I’m very lucky in that I have an amazing support system. It’s something that was very apparent from the moment I was...reactionscomments
Tolerating Testing and Treatment...When I was a kid, needles were terrifying! It was common for me to kick, scream, and fight when told I needed...reactions2comments
Change and More Stress Are Coming...Today has also been really hard for a variety of reasons. My toddler has needed a lot of attention and focus after...reactionscomments
Preventive Medicine and Multiple Myeloma Advocacy...I had the pleasure of attending this year’s ACPM (American College of Preventive Medicine) conference in Washington DC. In a nutshell, ACPM’s...reactionscomments
The "Good" Cancer...I have heard some people say non-Hodgkins follicular lymphoma (FL), is the “good” kind of cancer. I mean yes and no. I...reactions2comments
Multiple Myeloma Diagnosis...Summer of 2023, I started having extreme back pain and hip pain. I bent over in my kitchen to pick something up...reactionscomments
Chronic Questioning With Chronic Myeloid Leukemia...It is easy for others to forget the chronic nature of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), but I do not have the luxury...reactions2comments
Don't know put for them to take blood every 2 months ...Why did my numbers go back up after 9 months, they where down to 45...reactions4repliesDiet & NutritionDiagnosis
Are your pharmacists helpful or unhelpful?...Living with blood cancer usually involves medicine - plenty of it. Are your pharmacists sympathetic to your needs?...reactionsrepliesHealthcare Team
Dear Blood Cancer, I Have a Bone To Pick With You!...You came uninvited, at the worst of times, Bringing with you mountains too steep to climb. I hate you for the fear...reactionscomments
Chemo, Radiation, and HURRICANES?!? Oh My!!...Recently I've had the pleasure of going through yet another hurricane in my lifetime. I was raised mainly in Florida, so hurricanes...reactions5comments
CLL...My journey started in May of 2019. Through blood tests, my PCP suspected blood cancer. A BMB showed 70% affected, and I...reactions1comment
Uncertainty...I was feeling very tired and weak. I’d sleep so much every day, and I had bruises on my shoulders and was...reactions4comments
My road to recovery...My name is Anna, and I was diagnosed with stage four non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, double cell, in November 2022. I underwent six rounds...reactions3comments
Still here...I have PV and ET with the JAK2 mutation. My blood work has been really low, but my hematocrit has started to...reactionscomments
