Cancer Patients May Experience Post-Traumatic Stress...A cancer diagnosis, treatment, and survivorship are fraught with numerous stressors and challenges. Research has been done to look at stress in...reactions12comments
Life Liquor, Distilled by Cancer...Cancer has an effect on all areas of life, there is no one that can claim otherwise. Social life, love life, work-life...reactions10comments
A Crick In Me Bones...I thought I was losing it. Going absolutely bonkers. There was this pain and it was sometimes sharp, sometimes dull and achy...reactions11comments
Graft Failure Enough to Give You Nightmares...Normally, if I have a nightmare about blood cancer, it’s about relapsing. I assume I am not alone. It’s a big fear...reactions7comments
Suggested Gifts for a Cancer Survivor...Gift-giving can be hectic and stressful for many of us and may be more stressful if the intended recipient is a cancer...reactions7comments
News for a Lifetime: Going, Going, Gone...I recently got to thinking about when I was first diagnosed with leukemia, specifically chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). The long and winding...reactions7comments
If I Didn’t Have to Wear Clothes...“I’d feel so much better if I didn’t have to wear clothes.” This was my response to a new healthcare provider yesterday when asked...reactions3comments
What to Bring with You During Your Chemotherapy Treatment...Having a cancer diagnosis has been the most frightening event of my life. Even as an experienced RN, I did not know...reactions8comments
Can’t Be Bothered With Anything...It’s been a while since I’ve felt like this. Well, at least I think it has been. I can’t really remember. I...reactions4comments
Living with my Star Trek Illness: Understanding Myelodysplastic Syndromes...June 2, 2017, I learned that I have myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). Doesn't that sound like something written for a Star Trek episode?...reactions19comments
FDA Makes Way for Experimental Drugs to Fight COVID-19...On March 19, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the testing of two drugs, chloroquine (hydroxychloroquine) and remdesivir, to treat...reactions1comment
Battle Fatigue: Deciding When to Stop Fighting...Not every cancer patient sees themselves as a warrior, fighting a battle against their cancer. They say they are merely trying to...reactions8comments
My Experience During Chemotherapy...The experience of a cancer diagnosis can be overwhelming. Initially, my oncologist recommended a “watch and wait” approach as this was the...reactions4comments
An Accidental Author...One of my favorite quotes is “life happens to us when we’re busy making plans” by Allen Saunders. Life has a way of surprising...reactions5comments
What Other Tests are Used to Diagnose Blood Cancer?...In addition to blood tests and bone marrow aspiration, there are several tests that are commonly run to analyze the blood and...
Nine Ways to Reduce Stress...It’s important to reduce stress in our lives. We don’t have the health, the strength, or the time for a stressful life...reactions9comments
Battling with Life...I get angry with the language around cancer and have written about it. I’m not fighting or winning or losing or battling...reactions2comments
The Joy of the Cancer Nerd...I have a confession to make: I’m a big nerd. Specifically, I’m a big cancer nerd. I could go by other names...reactions7comments
Not Your Fault...I recently read a post by one of our members. It seems her family, and in particular, her parents implied that it...reactions4comments
Staying Positive, Being Honest...As I think back upon all the things people have said to me since my diagnosis, ‘Stay positive!’ is one of the...reactions8comments
