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Brice, sitting in a barber chair sticking tongue out, showing the ASL sign for I Love You

Brice

I discovered a small painful lump under my armpit area so I went to the doctor and I was given antibiotics for an infected lymph node. A few months la…

Young girl smiling with white hate and white shirt that says Cancer picked the wrong diva

Megan

Seven years ago I was years old and a freshman in college. I could not have been more proud of myself. I had a . GPA, I joined the cheerleading team …

Erica and Rhonda smiling and seated at a table in a restaurant with drinks raised for a toat

Erica

As you can see, she's the beauty in the grey sweatshirt, mi amor. My daughter Erica survived leukemia, she was diagnosed when she was only two years o…

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Lyra

Lyra is a confident who spreads joy wherever she goes! She loves to sing, dance, draw, snuggle while reading stories and is rarely seen in anything b…

Pen My Path Week Two: Transactional Writing

Welcome to the second week of Pen My Path! This week’s activity will focus on Transactional Writing. The purpose of Transactional Writing is to commun…

Pen My Path Week Three: Poetic Writing

Welcome to our third week: Poetic Writing! Please view the video before completing the activity. For this week's writing, we are defining Poetic Writi…

Pen My Path Week Four: Affirmative Writing

Welcome to the fourth week of Pen My Path! Please watch this week’s video before proceeding with this activity. The focus for this week is Affirmative…

Pen My Path Week Five: Story Writing

Welcome to the fifth week of Pen My Path! This week will focus on Story Writing, which is a way of telling others about your life. Story Writing conne…

Pen My Path Week Six: Mindful Writing

Welcome to the sixth and final week of Pen My Path! Recall in week one, Dr. John Evans mentioned that the heart of the Pen My Path experience is mindf…

Dulcy, CML survivor, seated with unidentified child

Dulcy

I was and had just moved away to go to nursing school, when I was diagnosed with chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML). In , the only treatment option f…

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Steve

In , I started having issues with being able to fight a sinus infection. Several months later, my doctor ordered me to have a bone marrow test and I w…

Do You Have the Right Fuel for Your Fight?

Getting the Nutrition You Need with a Reduced Appetite Two major side effects of cancer treatments are the reduction of appetite and the decrease in …

Reducing the Cost of Cancer Care:

The cost of cancer care is rising at an alarming rate, with a growing portion of those costs being shifted onto patients who already face tremendous m…

Principles for Meaningful Coverage

To access the care they need, cancer patients must have access to meaningful health insurance coverage. Their lives quite literally depend on it. But …

Honoring Our Commitment To Cures And Access:

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) is unapologetically “patients first.” Our cures and access agenda mandates that we invest in cutting edge resear…

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Majority of 26,000 Calls to LLS Reflect Patient Financial Stress

(Rye Brook, NY – May , ) – The rising cost of treatment and care for blood cancer patients has reached a boiling point, according to The Leukemia & Ly…

Eryn at 15 years old smiling with long, dark hair wearing sunglasses and backwards baseball cap

Eryn

I was diagnosed at years old with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and went into remission when I was . I spent two years at Wilford Hall, where I …

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Quade

Quade “Q” Marks is a - freshman at East High School in Denver, Colorado. He loves to play lacrosse, ski, snowboard and aspires to be a trauma surgeon…

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Tree of Life

Luis

Sobreviviente de un Síndrome Mielodisplásico Lauderhill, FL Yo solía donar sangre por lo menos tres veces al año. Lo hacía para ayudar a los demás, y…

Jana

Sobreviviente de Linfoma No Hodgkin San Antonio, TX

Minerva

Sobreviviente de Leucemia Mieloide Aguda Hartsdale, NY El de octubre de , cuando tenía años de edad, me diagnosticaron leucemia mieloide aguda …

Glenn

Sobreviviente San Francisco, CA Me llamo Glenn Gutierrez y, con años de edad, nunca había considerado la idea de tener que hacer frente al cánce…

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Katelin (KiNG)

In April , Katelin, also known as KiNG, went to see a doctor for persistent severe headaches and dizziness. A blood test revealed that she had phase I…