Stories

I thought I was losing it. Going absolutely bonkers. There was this pain and it was sometimes sharp, sometimes dull and achy. Sometimes it disappeared altogether. Other times it had...

Life with blood cancer is painful. Struggling, doubting, and uncertainties. Self-isolation is my new norm. Foggy brain and spinal pain is my best friend. My good day is when I...

There was no taste to food anymore. I chewed slowly trying to find it. The texture was revolting without taste. I had already lost 4 dress sizes in three months...

I used to have long thick hair; I mean really thick hair, but today I am bald. I’m bald because I’m in treatment for leukemia. As I was admitted to...

2020, what a year already! In the middle of January, I was diagnosed with Waldrenstrom, a blood cancer. My world flipped upside down. While in the Columbus hospital my mind...

In 2013, I had a routine blood test, for cholesterol screening. My WBC was slightly elevated, so I was re-tested. I was subsequently diagnosed with CLL and have been seeing...

I am a former researcher, now a patient lawyer and I work in the pharma space. Even though I have more scientific background than the average person, it was difficult...

I was diagnosed with stage 3 lymphoma back in November of 2010 at the age of 29 years old. I sort of breezed through ABVD and radiation all while planning...

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...