Stories

Mine is not a blood cancer, per se, but it’s generated in the same place, the bone marrow. Just like multiple myeloma. It is currently treated with 120 mg, monthly...

Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of our 32nd president said, "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." I wonder if Eleanor ever attended any of her high school reunions...

I was diagnosed May 16 1019 with CLL and I am currently on Imbruvica. I’ve known something was wrong with me but all the doctors blamed it on my back...

My husband has multiple myeloma stage 3. The current treatment; chemo immunotherapy followed by high doses of dexamethasone. Unfortunately, the dexamethasone causes him to be jittery, grumpy and cross. I...

I was diagnosed with acute promyelocytic leukemia at the age of 26 in 2006. I'm in remission now and I've been in remission since 2008...

MGUS is a watch and wait situation for most of us. It is irritating, aggravating and frustrating to watch and wait for the other shoe to drop. I have now...

For nearly five years, possibly longer, I would complain to my doctor about my feet being very sensitive and painful. I had recently moved to an office with a cement...

Hi. My name is Barbara and this is my story and my journey, thus far with cancer. The past three years have been a rollercoaster ride for sure. Anyone who...

I am a two-time leukemia survivor, bone marrow transplant recipient, chronic graft versus host disease fighter, stage 3 kidney disease survivor with a long list of other medical diagnoses post...

I'm Valerie and this is my story. My story as someone who has had childhood leukemia has been a struggle my whole life. I still remember the hospital stays, however...

My son's name is David, I call him D. He just turned 6 on August 25th. He was diagnosed with Leukemia (ALL) on April 2nd, 2019. He has a loving...

My name is Stephanie. I was diagnosed with multiple myeloma. I received my first chemo infusion on my 43 birthday. Then, 10 days later, my Grandpa died. He was/is my...

Hi, my name is Vanessa and I was diagnosed with blood cancer in 2010. I have been doing chemo ever since and have done 3 rounds of radiation. I guess...

Hello, my name is Danyell. I was diagnosed in September 2017 with CML or chronic myelogenous leukemia. It was a very different diagnosis story. I had gone for a regular...

When I was 47 years old in 2004, my family and I received the grim news that I had advanced AML. The survival rate at the time was 15% to...

I started by turning the chemo bottles this way and that before storing them in the highest shelf of the cabinet. Now they looked like any other medication with the...

I was diagnosed with multiple myeloma on February 21, 2019. As I sat there in the treatment room alone; for my oncologist/hematologist had just dropped this on me: I remember...

Sometimes a spiritual awakening requires the body and soul to be faced with situations that are so overwhelming that you have no choice than to open your heart and recognize...

I've been praying and begging doctors and hospitals for help and diagnosis for working on 5 years now. It all started with a ripped loose collarbone at the sternum and...

In March of 2014, I had a stroke. Come to find out after an MRI I had had multiple strokes. Four months later on my stroke journey of doctor after...