Stories

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...

Every year the nurses at the Co. Blood Cancer Inst throw a little birthday party for me when I come in for blood labs. This year my visit was the...

I was diagnosed with breast cancer the summer of 2006. What a shock! Anyway, I volunteered for a clinical trial. After the treatment was over I got a call from...

Had Hodgkin's lymphoma Dx'd back in 1998.I was treated with chemo and radiation. I was in remission for 8 months then relapsed. I had an auto stem cell transplant in...

Almost 3 years ago I was dx. with MDS/MPN, AIHA.This was after my first bone marrow biopsy. ( my G.P. had seen anemia on several visits. After being put on...

Upon arriving at the clinic I was told that I had a very bad case of blood cancer, and without treatment, I had about six months to live. The doctor...

I was diagnosed with Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia in May 2021. I was extremely fatigued, with bruising all over my body and petechia covered my lower legs. I was rushed to...

In late December 2018, they found an adenocarcinoma in my left lung. Had it removed in early January 2019. Until December 2020 all CT scans were clean then that last...

I was dx 2017 with high tumor burden Trisomy12 unmutated CD38 positive and hyperleukocytosis which can happen in chronic disease but rather happens in acute leukemias. I was included in...

I was diagnosed with ALL +Ph at 63. I went thru chemo and went into remission in half the sessions they had planned for me. I needed a bone marrow...