When It's OK to Use the Word 'Lucky'...Nobody should say you’re lucky to get cancer, but luck is a matter of degree. For example, an acute myeloid leukemia (AML)...reactions2comments
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
Finding a Good Oncologist...I am a former researcher, now a patient lawyer and I work in the pharma space. Even though I have more scientific...reactions11comments
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
Blood Cancer as a Second Cancer...As doctors have more ways to successfully treat cancer, they’ve also found that some cancer survivors are more likely than the general...reactions1comment
Myeloma Action Month #IAMRESILIENT2020...Join us in helping the International Myeloma Foundation (IMF) build a global Wall of Resilience this March during Myeloma Action Month. Share...reactions2comments
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
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
Do You Have a Cancer Survivorship Checklist?...A survey was done by the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS) to explore the experiences and needs of cancer survivor patients...reactions7comments
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
Defying the Odds: Robin Surprises Doctors with Resilience...Editor's note: Susan Gonsalves interviewed her friend, Robin, after meeting at a CML support group. Robin shared photos of herself that are...reactions6comments
Putting Ourselves First: Diet & Exercise...When my 25-year-old daughter, Crystal, went for her first doctor’s appointment, she was told her cancer had nothing to do with anything...reactions2comments
My Cancer Was a Wake Up Call...While I enjoyed a terrific life before my blood cancer diagnosis, I have now realized that some additional positive things have become...reactions8comments
After Leukemia, Dealing with Skin Cancer...Heading to my checkup the other day at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, I went up to the eighth floor, the one clearly...reactions8comments
Exercising Without Compromising Energy...Well, I did it! Months ago. I went for 3, 2.2-mile runs that took approximately 18 minutes each in a week. And...reactions2comments
The American Cancer Society Issues 2020 Report on Cancer...The American Cancer Society (ACS) recently released its report, Cancer Statistics, 2020. The report found that the death rate from cancer in...reactions1comment
All is Quiet on New Year's Day...I have been feeling a little melancholy (no, not a combination of cantaloupe and cauliflower, but the other one) since the holidays...reactions3comments
Seeking a Stable Relationship with My Health Insurance...Health insurance used to be something that I overlooked. It didn't feel like a complete necessity because I never had a total...reactions3comments
Choosing Not to Fear...Now that my wife and I are empty nesters, we’re making grand plans for what to do with our time. Travel is...reactions3comments
Newly diagnosed with CLL. Should I request a scan?...I'm newly diagnosed with CLL. I have high lymphocytes and fatigue. I also have chronic EBV ( mononucleosis keeps reactivating ) due...reactions2repliesLeukemiaNewly Diagnosed
