Finding Hope in Everything!...2020, what a year already! In the middle of January, I was diagnosed with Waldrenstrom, a blood cancer. My world flipped upside...reactions8comments
Lucky Me!...I feel exceptionally lucky! I know that’s probably a rather odd thing for someone to say that has recently been diagnosed with not...reactions6comments
Waiting for My Dog's Test Results Evokes Bad Memories...Sometimes, the longer you wait for test results, the more tricks your imagination plays on you. Twenty minutes, no problem. Thirty, what...reactions4comments
Celebrating My 4th Cancer Free Anniversary...Every year, November 12th rolls around and it feels like November 12th, 2015 was yesterday. And then it doesn't. My journey through...reactions1comment
Sharing My Diagnosis: The Positives and Negatives...Deciding whether or not to be public with your cancer journey is a very personal decision and there is no right or...reactions2comments
Impotence and Cancer - It's [Insert Snappy Double Entendre Here]...Ladies – you know I enjoy having all genders, races, religions, and creeds read my writing, but this one is going to...reactions4comments
Strategies for Talking to Children About Cancer...As a newly diagnosed blood cancer patient, I was very concerned about telling my child about my illness. My first reaction was...reactions7comments
Life and the Pursuit of Living...In my lifetime, I’ve known of six people who’ve committed suicide. Three I knew personally. None of them had cancer. Some would...reactions5comments
Healthcare Obstacles & the LGBTQ+ Community...Editor’s Note: LGBTQ+ stands for people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer. To learn more about gender identity, check...reactions3comments
Fumble!!!...I can admit it. A great athlete I am not. And that is not just due to the fact that I am...reactions4comments
Forgiving... Even When It's The Last Thing I Want To Do...“The first to apologize is the bravest. The first to forgive is the strongest. The first to forget is the happiest.” Have...reactions2comments
My Blood Cancer Symptoms and Treatment...As I celebrate my five years of remission from non-Hodgkin lymphoma, I thought about my initial diagnosis. I had just finished with...reactions4comments
Four-Letter Words...I’ve been saying a lot of four-letter words lately. I can’t help myself. I didn’t used to be like this. In fact...reactions2comments
Look Good, Feel Better!...My mother and I were eating lunch at Taco Bell recently when a young lady approached us and said, "Hi, ladies. I...reactions10comments
My Chemo Routine & the Darn Elevators...Those of us who have had the unbridled pleasure of going through chemo know that after the first session or two, you...reactions14comments
Living With Blood Cancer: a Podcast Interview with Cindy Chmielewski...Cindy Chmielewski has been living with multiple myeloma, a form of blood cancer, since 2008. She goes by the handle “Myeloma Teacher”...reactions2comments
Left of Normal...Yesterday I just shut down. I was grumpy. No matter what happened around me, it all seemed gloomily annoying. Somehow I managed...reactions13comments
Chill Time: Making Myself Rest When I Need It...It would appear that since being on the new drug and feeling so much better that I’m really resisting chill time on...reactions5comments
The Treatment Room...After I was diagnosed with follicular lymphoma, I was able to watch and wait for two years. My slow-growing blood cancer was...reactions7comments
Lessons Learned from the Super Bowl...I haven’t always been a football fan. I only started appreciating the sport later in life for keeping me company as I...reactions4comments
