Making a Friend in Clinic for the First Time...This month has been full of firsts for me! Feeling good on a chemotherapy, worrying about blood test results, and, making a...reactions6comments
Long Term Survival with AML...When I was 47 years old in 2004, my family and I received the grim news that I had advanced AML. The...reactions4comments
Diagnosis Day: The Day I Still Can’t Believe Exists...I think that most people live their lives either dreading the day that they may be diagnosed with cancer, possibly because of...reactions7comments
Cancer & Clothes...Clothes. No one thinks much about them, especially when you are told you have cancer. Why would you? The first thing that...reactions21comments
The Coffee Shoppe...Here in Washington State we have coffee shoppes – a LOT of coffee shoppes. It all started in Seattle with Starbucks. Now...reactions3comments
Cancer On Board Is 2...My little cancer charity, Cancer On Board, is now 2. Well, it’s been 2 years since we got official charitable status and...reactions4comments
Let's Talk About Sex...Let’s talk about sex. It is a taboo topic, but many cancer patients and survivors experience issues with their sex life before...reactions2comments
I Don't Want to Know My Numbers...I recently got an email from another follicular lymphoma patient. That happens a lot. I’ve kept a blog about FL for over...reactions4comments
Sharing Cancer on My Work Social Media...I was recently featured in the first article of a series in the online version of a UK paper. To begin with...reactions5comments
Brittany O'Neill...Brittany was previously an advocate for Blood-Cancer.com. Brittany is a graduate of Rowan University and currently works as a political consultant. Non-Hodgkin...
When Insurance Coverage Dictates Cancer Therapy...Financial distress or financial toxicity is a term used to describe the financial problems experienced by cancer patients because of the out...reactionscomments
Scribbles Shine Light on Year After Transplant...You might think your junk drawer is full of, well, junk, but its contents can actually be worth a lot. It was...reactions3comments
Funny Thing Happened At......I had the honor of attending the Janssen-sponsored 2019 HealtheVoices conference, which is the all that be of the advocacy conferences with...reactions5comments
Financial Planning for Cancer Patients...A cancer patient must be focused on healing and fighting their disease. However, due to spiraling medical expenses, especially drug costs, many...reactions1comment
Exercise Gives Structure to Hospital Stay...Back when I was running a lot, I often vowed to work on my neglected upper body strength. That meant recommitting myself...reactions4comments
Speaking Up About My Cancer...I’m not going to lie. I really enjoy talking about myself. I think it’s partly middle child syndrome and partly being human and inherently...reactions3comments
Quietus...I once heard of a man who had cancer and was given only a short time to live. His family didn’t talk...reactions8comments
Chemo Bags: My Way of Giving Back...Before every chemotherapy appointment, I packed a tote bag full of things that I found comforting or useful. Once I finished chemo...reactions2comments
Just Another Long Term Side Effect: Hypothyroidism...Chemo: The gift that keeps on giving, am I right?! The “new normal” we experience with cancer is not just learning how...reactions1comment
Multiple Transplants, Many Reactions...When people hear that I had four bone marrow transplants, their reactions fall into three categories summarized like so: To back up...reactions1comment
