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988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline

To provide free and confidential emotional support to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress hours a day, days a week, across the United St…

Crisis Text Line

To provide access to free, / support and information via text. Trained crisis counselors volunteer to support people in crisis.

Mental Health and Crisis Services

Lymphoma patient and family give back

After three years of sporadic discomfort in his legs and knees, Matt’s pain had become almost unbearable. Thinking it was an athletic injury, he made …

PALS Patient Airlift Services

To arrange free air transportation for individuals requiring medical diagnosis, treatment or , for military personnel and their families, or for other…

Emily

Emily, a - mother of three young children, was diagnosed with lymphoma in August . After a whirlwind of intense treatments over the next two years in…

On Demand Education for Patients

This resource has been discontinued. Please click here for more resources.

Resources for Families

The Trish Greene Back to School Program For Children With Cancer offers free information and materials to parents and educators. The program was devel…

Danielle

In February , my daughter Danielle was diagnosed with leukemia. She was years old, and a professional dancer out on tour in Detroit when I got the ca…

Liv

When I was -, I started my new, dream job as a health and physical education teacher. Six days into the school year, I went for a CT scan after months…

Strategies for Mouth Pain

Mouth pain can be an unfortunate and debilitating side effect of many cancer treatments. This can make eating very difficult, so it is important to ma…

Man & Woman of The Year - National Capital Area

Known as one of Washington’s top fundraising events each spring, The Man & Woman of the Year campaign is a spirited fundraising competition in which m…

Giulia

A Leading Researcher Advancing Immunotherapy for Acute Myeloid LeukemiaIn Italy, Dr. Giulia Casorati is focused on adoptive cell immunotherapy to trea…

Andreas, Ph.D., MSc, FAA

A Pioneering Researcher Developing Targeted Therapies for Leukemia, Lymphoma and MyelomaA cancer researcher trained in cell biology, immunology and mo…

Tak Wah, Ph.D.

A Leading Scientist Studying Precision Medicine Approaches for Leukemia and LymphomaDr. Tak Wah Mak is one of the world’s most cited and accomplished …

Dianne

When I was a little girl, I knew I wanted to be a nurse so I could help people. I did become a registered nurse, predominately in critical care settin…

Northwestern Mutual Childhood Cancer Survivor Scholarship Program

To provide scholarship assistance to cancer survivors who plan to continue their education in college or a vocational school program. Offers ann…

Time Flies! A Refresher on Community Guidelines

February 1st marks the second birthday of LLS Community! Over the years, nearly , of you have come together to support living healthy with blood canc…

Nancy

I was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in . For a year, I was in the “watch and wait” category with no treatment until the disease progressed. In April…

Eileen

To say that I have always been daddy's little girl would be the biggest understatement. Everything from school dances to projects in the garage, I cou…

Sophia

My wife and I would have never heard of The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS) if it were not for losing our - daughter on March , to undiagnosed le…

Kayleen

On March , , our world changed forever.I was at work when I got the call from my husband that I was to meet him and Kayleen at Children’s Hospital in …

Geoff

I'm a survivor of aggressive lymphoma. Seven cycles of reduced my tumor but did not kill it. I am fortunate to have been referred to the City of Ho…

Stopping Gleevec to Start a Family

Erin Zammett Ruddy is a magazine journalist and blogger who was diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia at age . Today, she is a - mother of three. On…

Stopping Gleevec to Start a Family

Erin Zammett Ruddy is a magazine journalist and blogger who was diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia at age . Today, she is a - mother of three. …