Stories

I was diagnosed with Essential Thrombocytemia in July of 2017 and started on treatment shortly after that. My biggest complaint was fatigue but I continued to work my parttime job...

Prior to 2012, I was living the life I loved. I was the mother of two beautiful children; my son Matthew was 22. He was building a life of his...

It's been over 5 years since my diagnosis and my cancer is still going, but slowing down. I have an enlarged spleen and liver. I get up and get dressed...

In September, I went in for my annual mammogram. All was good with it but the lymph nodes in my armpit were enlarged. Blood work showed my WBC was really...

Wow, where to start? Well, I can say I moped and cried for a week. After that f**k it. Must be my Brooklyn upbringing. I believe getting diagnosed with multiple...

Every cancer patient remembers the first time they heard the “C” word applied to themselves. Everything stops. Priorities change in an instant. You start rethinking what is really worth fighting...

Hi, I am Debbie, 61yrs old. Diagnosed with follicular lymphoma about 1 1/2 years ago. After 1 round of giziva, I had to stop because of my low WBC count...

August 15, 2018 my family and I were packing the truck, waiting for my husband to come home from work so we could start our vacation. We were headed to...

“I just don’t feel right.” That’s how I remember it starting. And then the simple things like climbing one flight of stairs in my house winded me. “Hmmm. Strange.” And...

It's time to share. I have been in the background this past year as I struggled to climb this uphill trail. It's been two months since I finished my treatment...

March 6, 2018 began like any other day. My husband, a contractor and sole provider for our family, left for work and I knew he was scheduled to be on...

I was diagnosed with myelofibrosis on October 5, 2018, at the Cleveland Clinic. I'm still trying to figure it out as I had never heard of it before. I was...

I was diagnosed with a myeloproliferative disorder 5 years ago. My white blood count runs a little high, but the trouble is my platelets. I recently starting doctoring with a...

My husband was diagnosed with Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia early in 2018, at 57 years old. He started chemo and immunotherapy in February. His last chemo treatment was July 3rd, and he...

I was diagnosed with this rare type of NHL in Oct 2013. I chose to do nothing. From everything I read, MCL becomes chemoresistant and remission is short lived. It...

I had severe pain starting in November of 2017 out of the blue. I went to specialist after specialist and they all kept telling me that it was my age...

My mom passed away from cancer and 6 months later I was diagnosed with CLL. It came as quite a shock since this kind of leukemia typically affects older gentleman...

I was 72 when my ride began. In Oct 2014, I had just moved from Florida to Southern California. I was getting settled in and thought my fatigue was due...

My husband was diagnosed early in 2018. He also had rapid onset dementia...it was tough. We were dog mushers and spent weekends on the new river trail in Virginia. It...

Nov 2016, 3 days before Thanksgiving, I was diagnosed with MDS blood cancer. My mom was diagnosed on December 3rd, 2016 with lung cancer. Barely got through the holiday when...