Surviving CML: Diagnosis, Advocacy, and Triumph over Health System ChallengesNext month will be a year since my diagnosis of CML. It was found accidentally, which was shocking since I had no...reactions3comments
MDS Diagnosis JourneyAfter a couple of years with dropping platelet counts and unexplainable fatigue, I was diagnosed in September 2023 with MDS. I don't...reactions5comments
Hope Through Treatment for CMLI was diagnosed with CML in 2014. I was devastated, as I had already been fighting MS. By the grace of whatever...reactions1comment
HAIRY CELL LEUKEMIA🫶💪 warrior!Hey 👋 👋 My name is Jimmie Lou and I was diagnosed last year of May 2022! It felt really hard knocks...reactions1comment
JAK2 Mutation in MeMy bone marrow-blood cancer called primary myelofibrosis (MF) started on a festive Cinco de Mayo, 2015. It was a normal work day...reactions4comments
Cancer no way!Hi,my name is Donna, on June 19 2022. I was diagnosed with stage 4 cll and sll! I was in the hospital...reactions4comments
My Blood Cancer Story: Polycythemia Vera (PV)Aloha, my name is Maka. I am a 64 year old female who was diagnosed with PV in April 2020, just when...reactions1comment
Living Well with CancerDisclaimer: What follows is just what has worked so well for me that it has taken me from essentially being bed-ridden for...reactions2comments
A Hermits LifeI'm in my 3rd year of stage 3 CLL. My husband died of lung cancer the year before I was diagnosed. Having...reactions10comments
Living With Lucy Part 4Now I need to tell you that Lucy is still mean. Yes, the targeted therapy helps, and I feel good. But my...reactions3comments
Living with Lucy Part 3Let’s talk about blood donations for a minute. First, thank you if you have ever donated blood and to those of you...reactionscomments
Living with Lucy Part 2That visit was soon followed by a hematologist/oncologist consultation because he specialized in dealing with folks who live with Lucy or one...reactionscomments
Living with Lucy Part 1By Linda Gainey Smock Lucy is a mean girl. Oh, I know, not all girls named Lucy are mean. In fact, I...reactionscomments
MPN DiagnosisI was diagnosed with Polycythemia Vera by my general practitioner, essential thrombocythemia by my hematologist and Myeloproliferative disorder by my oncologist take...reactionscomments
Surviving Multiple Myeloma Since 1992When diagnosed with stage 3 myeloma in 1992, an oncologist gave him 3 years to live. Jim asked more questions that led to...reactionscomments
ET? PCV?My husband was diagnosed with blood cancer over ten years ago. They did all the blood tests, and bone marrow tests. It...reactions3comments
Multiple MyelomaI'm 58 yrs old and 2 yrs ago I was diagnosed with multiple myeloma and stage 4 CKD. Since then I had...reactions2comments
So?For the past year and a half I felt so weak and fatigued. I had just moved down to a more so...reactions2comments
Fatigue and More Fatigue!I am in remission for CLL and was doing ok, except for the fatigue. After retiring in 2017, I thought I had...reactions2comments
PolycythemiaI kept going to the doctor's office and complaining of a headache, fatigue, itching, and just general malaise. The PA would have...reactionscomments
