Stories

"Can I get a light, please?" was all I could say. My heart was pounding out of my chest from anxiety and fear, disguised as anger. How? Why? My mind...

At the end of 2022, my sister was diagnosed with bladder cancer. I made the comment that sisters never battle alone and told her that I would be there to...

My worst fear is trusting doctors and care team. I wasn't scheduled to see my oncologist this month, and from the looks of it, no one checked my blood count...

I was told my whole adult life I had dense breasts. I really didn’t have a chest before kids. I breastfed both my kids. At 37 years old, I saw...

Summer of 2023, I started having extreme back pain and hip pain. I bent over in my kitchen to pick something up, and I couldn't get back up again. I...

My journey started in May of 2019. Through blood tests, my PCP suspected blood cancer. A BMB showed 70% affected, and I started treatment with my spleen enlarged at 21...

I was feeling very tired and weak. I’d sleep so much every day, and I had bruises on my shoulders and was out of breath for no reason. Then one...

My name is Anna, and I was diagnosed with stage four non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, double cell, in November 2022. I underwent six rounds of R-CHOP and two bone marrow biopsies. I...

I have PV and ET with the JAK2 mutation. My blood work has been really low, but my hematocrit has started to rise again. It's getting close to 45. It...

I had a sore throat during COVID. Couldn't see many doctors in person back then. My ENT did test after test, and I finally said I'd know if I'd had...

Hi, I was diagnosed with CML December of 23! What a shock it was when my doctor told me! Never thought I would be in the situation that I am...

Last month, I received an email from my doctor (I'm in an HMO) that flatly stated my blood work showed I had a JAK2 mutation, indicating I have PV and...

I have Myelodysplastic - Abnormal Karyotype with 5Q Deletion of the long arm Chromosome 5. It is a long name and a rare blood cancer. I would like to find...

I was diagnosed with CMML 6 mo. Ago. I was feeling OK till about 4 to 6 weeks ago, when I started feeling bone pain. The oncologist sent me to...

My name is Andrew. I am diagnosed with NHL of the Central Nervous System. I have been in treatment for 5 years now. My advice is to live one day...

In March of 2013 I was diagnosed with thyroid cancer, but not just one but two types of cancer- Follicular and Papillary Carcinoma. I was 39 years old. I had...

My story started in March 2021 when my previous blood test showed mostly red and critical results. I was stunned but not surprised as I had been saying for 1-1/2...

On July 9th, my 27-year-old son was diagnosed with Burkitt's Lymphoma. As a mom, I feel as if I've failed to protect him. I know it's not my fault, but...

I was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma 3/18. My primary physician noticed that my blood work was out of order. We were checking my blood sugar regularly. My journey with Multiple...

My story begins in late November of 2016. I had a bladder infection that became antibiotic-resistant and traveled to my kidneys. My amazing OBGYN, who has since retired, found some...