Stories

My husband was diagnosed with multiple myeloma 2 years ago. In the last month, he has taken a turn for the worse. Chemo, radiation, and meds did not help. He...

I was diagnosed in 2014 with Waldenstrom’s Macroglobulinemia and have been on different meds and infusions. I am currently on Brukinsa and was on Imbruvica for years. I am traveling...

My wife was told she has blood cancer 6 months ago so our journey begins. She's 59 and scared to death she has always been healthy now her life has...

The basic premise of this story is simple I was fighting something but what? I didn’t have symptoms close enough together, we were all in lockdown, and I had too...

My daughter Mya was diagnosed with AML M6 back in 2017 at the age of 2 1/2 yrs old. We had no idea at the time that she even had...

My diagnosis of MDS was not a complete shock to me. As a retired RN I understand with the symptoms I was experiencing I either had MDS or multiple myeloma...

Mine was discovered from blood tests during a routine physical examination at my family doctor's office. It stayed in the smoldering stage for better than 3 years but is now...

I was the primary caregiver for my mother for about four years. A duty I would happily do over again! I watched my mother suffer as she spent all day...

At the young age of 36, I was diagnosed with the “older peoples” disease of CLL. Despite the diagnosis, I moved forward with marriage and family. I was told I...

In the early spring of 2014, I gradually began feeling inordinately bone-tired; the slightest exertion suddenly required a major effort. Just making dinner for two took every ounce of self-discipline...

I was diagnosed ~ 3 years ago with AML and underwent a stem cell transplant from my sister. AML has impacted every aspect of my life but not all for...

I have seen my mom suffer with blood cancer most of my life with chemotherapy treatments etc. Now I unfortunately am sharing her journey. Hoping a cure is coming soon...

I was diagnosed with Plasma Cell Leukemia in June 2020. At the time my hemoglobin was 4 and my platelets were 20. I was told I may have 7-10 months...

I went to my primary care physician in Sept. 2008 and he ordered the blood tests as he did each year. He called to tell me that something was not...

2006 DX non-Hodgkins follicular. I had no symptoms. I noticed a lump in the clavicle and pointed it out to my GP, after a biopsy, and 3 oncologists (the first...

In 2018 while having a routine physical I was referred to a Hematologist/Oncologist. I was told I had a “good cancer, CLL. It was scary as my dad passed away...

I was diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer in 2006 . I went into a trial and it worked. However, after the treatments wore off my oncologist noticed my white...

On May 13, 2022, I was diagnosed with large B cell lymphoma. Today, July 20, I had my first chemo treatment. It is a two-day treatment every three weeks...

3.5 years ago I went for a check ✔️ up... thought my thyroid was acting up again...I'm hypo... since childhood....and Dr. Sent me for more tests..a PET scan ..and other...

My leukemia was discovered as I was ending treatment for triple-negative breast cancer. That was 2006. So I don’t really know how long I have had leukemia. I am not...