Cancer Is A Family Affair...A family is a family. Families live together, grow together, have fun together, and cry together. When there is no one else to depend on, family is there. Family is...reactions10comments
'Fun' with Ferritin Not a Laughing Matter...Time for a guessing game! Pick which one is true. You can pick more than one. One of the best days of my life was when: Guess what? They are...reactions15comments
I Feel Bad About My Cancer!...Several years ago, Nora Ephron wrote a book called I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman. That's a funny title, I thought. I read the...reactions16comments
Pain, Pain Go Away......Every morning, as soon as I wake up, I do a quick pain inventory. My feet? Yep, still hurt. How about my back, my neck, my forearm? Check, check, check...reactions15comments
Relationships and the Cancer Patient...Relationships are like gardens - they need to be cultivated. Chronic illness can affect even the strongest relationships. Cancer and its effects may push each partner to its breaking point...reactions9comments
Traveling With Immune Deficiencies: Some Advice...Editor's note: This article was written in November 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic. Please remember to follow CDC and local guidelines regarding travel during the pandemic. So, it’s been over...reactions3comments
Cue Vampire...Within three years of daily oral chemotherapy, I was wearing wide-brimmed hats, long sleeves, and large-rimmed sunglasses. I was losing pigmentation, or so it seemed to me. I was turning...reactions14comments
Numb But Here...Unless you have been there, I suspect it is impossible to understand the emotional release one experiences on your last day of chemo treatment. After all the tubes and bags...reactions6comments
Changing Faces...Have you ever met someone for the first time, and when the introductions take place, they usually start off with a name and “How are you doing?” Normally we reply...reactions8comments
Does Your Blood Cancer Diagnosis Make You Angry?...The long and winding six-year road living with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) has had its share of twists and turns. Good thing I buckled up. My hematologist/oncologist, who is a...reactions13comments
My Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Story...It began with headaches. I had them for an entire week and they seemed to get worse. By week's end, I called a friend and asked her to bring me...reactions9comments
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 dream – or nightmare – about my condition...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 Good”. Fair enough. It’s a song about emancipation...reactions9comments
Amanda "Panda" Brunson...Hey! My name is Amanda but people call me Panda lol! I am obsessed with pandas! I’m a dog mom to a standard dachshund named Dino. I have been an...
Wanted: A Pill Bottle That Squawks and Talks...My system for refilling pills isn’t much of a system at all: When a bottle is low, I remove it from the pill bag and place it on a windowsill...reactions3comments
Giving Up The Wig...Everything about you is combined to make you the unique person you are. It starts the day you were born with all your genes combining in a special way to...reactions8comments
The Importance of Nutrition for the Blood Cancer Patient...Good nutrition can help cancer patients maintain strength, keep healthy body weight, and decrease side effects during and after treatment. Nutrition is a process when food is taken in and...reactions11comments
Myeloma Action Month Self-Care Q&A...Welcome to the Myeloma Action Month Self Care Q&A! As part of this year's Myeloma Action Month, Myeloma.org challenged the community to "bolster your resilience with a new self-care activity...reactions1comment
FeaturedSelf-Care While Living With Blood Cancer...In this forum, we'd love to hear from those who have faced the unique challenges of living with blood cancer. How do you prioritize self-care amidst the complexities of your...reactions73repliesCopingTips & AdviceMental Health
Two Positives Of Having Cancer, Yes, I Said "Positives"...Wait.. I know what you are going to say. Cancer?? Positives?? You must have smoked some bad rainbows there, you chipper idiot. Well, you might be right about the rainbow...reactions6comments