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...The one thing I have learned in recent years is that when you post a picture of your pet on social media, whether it’s doing something silly or just being...

...Hopefully, you’ve read my first article on CAR T-cell therapy or seen something about it on news reports. It’s getting to be quite the hot topic to write about. I...

...I was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 2011 at 49 years old. At the time, I’d been at my job for about 10 years. When I started this job in...

...If you’ve been diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma, I’m sure you’ve heard the term “good cancer.” How does it make you feel? Personally, I’m not the biggest fan. When someone uses...

...After I was diagnosed with follicular lymphoma, I was able to watch and wait for two years. My slow-growing blood cancer was growing slowly enough that I didn’t need treatment...

...Thanksgiving was really good the year Crystal got done with chemo. When Thanksgiving arrived, she still had one more treatment to go, but she was well on her way to...

...The first Thanksgiving after my divorce, my little son put his head down on the table and cried. “I want Daddy to cut the turkey,” he said. He was about...

...When I attended my granddaughter’s concert last week, I was taken back by the touching words of the song, “I Believe.” As I listened, the feelings associated with my cancer...

...Writing about this is very personal and I’m actually fine about putting it on the internet for strangers to read. Years ago on my personal blog, I wrote about a relationship...

...I tell myself that I need to live every day as if it were my last. I should live for today, enjoy my time on this planet, and not waste...

...Getting cancer is horrible. Hearing those words for the first time is devastating and, for a second, your world stops spinning. But then you come back to reality and have...

...Much as been made of the circadian system and its characteristic rhythms since the Nobel Prize was awarded to three different scientists in 2017 for their work in unraveling its...

...A blood cancer diagnosis is a shock, but what can make it more difficult is navigating the information and research available for patients and their loved ones. To learn more...

...Acronyms are a short way to describing something but it’s usually rare to have one that has two totally different meanings like this. The BMX I speak of is a...

...I reached for the box of Cheerios, pulled my hand back, and then took the box down. It was the only cereal available at my friend’s house. I wanted to...

...I know that sounds completely bonkers but writing from the UK, I never understood how big Health Union is, how many staff there are, and how many websites they run...

...My first reaction to my diagnosis was a numb disbelief followed soon by anger. Even worse, I didn’t tell anyone outside of my family. None of these things were helpful...

...Like with anything in life, the bills eventually come due, and cancer is no exception. Now that I’ve been done with chemo for a few months, the bills are coming...