Riding the CML Train: Destination Unknown...Even if you are on your own, you can take this blood cancer journey. Not everyone has a big, smiling support group...reactions9comments
American Cancer Society Releases 2021 Report on Cancer...The American Cancer Society (ACS) has released its 2021 report on cancer, called Cancer Facts and Figures 2021. The data in this...reactions3comments
Cancer Guilt...I hate mice! As an elementary school teacher, students loved to bring critters to school for show and tell. I didn't even...reactions17comments
Starting a Nonprofit (Part 3): Sometimes Things End Up Differently Than You Thought...Approximately seven months ago, I wrote two articles on my experiences starting a nonprofit. Part 2 was primarily about mistakes made and...reactions9comments
Inspiration from Clouds: Remembering Zach Sobiech...Recently a friend told me about a movie that made him not just cry, but sob. I am a sucker for those...reactions7comments
Beyond Exhaustion: How Life Changes with Fatigue...Fatigue. It is not “just being tired,” and it is an experience that individuals living with a chronic health condition know all...reactions14comments
Lymphoma in Children and Young Adults...Lymphoma is one of the most common cancers in children. Other common cancers in children include leukemia, and brain and central nervous...
Animals & Cancer...Animals can be so amazing! I’ve had dogs and cats my whole life. In fact, I've had many other animals, too. They’ve...reactions17comments
Cancer is an Unwelcome Passenger with White Hair...Why does it seem like the only people who are telling me that my almost white-as-the-driven-snow hair looks so “me” are the...reactions5comments
Needing Downtime but Hating It...I know I am my own worst enemy. Because I am mental in so many ways. I know I need to rest over the...reactions2comments
Free Time...I think I'll start this one off with a random question. In the end, it may or may not have much to...reactions11comments
Leukaemic Rate Still A Okay...I had three weeks off treatment in October and there was a ‘family planning mishap’. And I’m not going to lie. I...reactions2comments
Spinal Headaches Explained...Have you ever had a headache, pulsing right behind your eyes, and reaching straight through to the back of your head after...reactions3comments
New Year Resolutions Can Bring Surprises (Part 2)...If you read Part 1, you know I decided to make walking my New Year’s resolution. You also know that there was...reactions17comments
Privacy and Cancer...After a trying week that ended with a girlfriend Zoom, I was hit with the news of the passing of the extraordinary...reactions8comments
As If...I listen to and read many things. It helps me to find out the information I need to stay as healthy as...reactions15comments
First Fertility Tests Done...I don’t know if it’s because of COVID, as it’s been 13 years since I was last in the fertility clinic, but...reactions3comments
Looking for the Good in Bone Marrow Biopsies...You wouldn’t think a person who’s had multiple bone marrow biopsies would have many good things to say about them except that...reactions6comments
It’s The ‘tude That Counts...I am now living with blood cancer and undergoing infusions with all the joys that treatment brings. A few days after my...reactions4comments
Describing The Worst Days With Chronic Pain...In September of 2019, Health Union (the parent company of blood-cancer.com) partnered with the US Pain Foundation for our first ever Chronic...reactionscomments