HAIRY CELL LEUKEMIA🫶💪 warrior!Hey 👋 👋 My name is Jimmie Lou and I was diagnosed last year of May 2022! It felt really hard knocks because my dad just passed away a month...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 for me, and all of a sudden, without...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 for 45 days 21 blood transfusions 18 platelet...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 the Panademic started affecting people's lives. I was...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 the better part of nine weeks (including four...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 seen what he went thru I decided to...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 arms and hands get black and blue bruises...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 who are multiple-time donors, a huge THANK 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 of her cousins. He explained that I was...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 have a friend named Lucy who is one...reactionscomments
MPN DiagnosisI was diagnosed with Polycythemia Vera by my general practitioner, essential thrombocythemia by my hematologist and Myeloproliferative disorder by my oncologist take your pick. I was handling the diagnosis ok...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 a new oncologist & hospital where he had...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 was narrowed down to either ET or PCV...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 stem cell transplant and I am in remission...reactions2comments
So?For the past year and a half I felt so weak and fatigued. I had just moved down to a more so part of Arizona. I knew no one. My...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 the world in my hand. CLL is behind...reactions2comments
PolycythemiaI kept going to the doctor's office and complaining of a headache, fatigue, itching, and just general malaise. The PA would have me go to the lab and say there...reactionscomments
Some Things I Can No Longer DoI didn’t think of it as an excuse, it’s my new reality. I’m grateful for 10yrs in remission of Stage 4 Hodgkin Lymphoma. There are just some things I can...reactions1comment
Cinderalla EffectHaving both CLL and NHL my wife has named the "Chemo fog" effect to Cinderella effect. Sometimes in the afternoon, I get really foggy. Yesterday we were shopping for groceries...reactions9comments
My Diagnosis and Living with Polycythemia VeraI’m Nathan, I'm 47 years of age, and I was diagnosed with polycythemia vera in 2020, 2 years ago. I live in Sydney, Australia. I was in my prime in...reactions7comments
