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Dominick, age 9, smiling and posing with his mother, holding a sign reading "I kicked cancer's butt"

Dominick

My grandson, Dominick, was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in November . He was / years old and it was only eight months after hi…

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Nathaniel

I was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) on October , . I was years old at the time, and my girlfriend had just given birth to our son…

Hayley, 3B nodular sclerosing Hodgkin lymphoma (NSHL) patient

Haley

I was diagnosed on February , , with stage 3B nodular sclerosing Hodgkin lymphoma (NSHL). I was attending UNLV and working on finishing my prerequisit…

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Selina

My story starts when I was just eight months old. In March of , it was discovered that I had a cheek tumor. Doctors removed the tumor, and I was treat…

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Clio

I lost my mom to acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in . Her battle was short, just three months, which left me in shock and feeling very angry. My mo…

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Jorge

I was diagnosed with chronic lymphoblastic leukemia (CLL) on September , . I will never forget that date! I just celebrated my 71st birthday in April.…

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Savannah

When Savannah was born, her family was overjoyed to welcome their first beautiful baby girl. But within days, her parents noticed something unusual — …

Dare 2 Dream

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Douglas

In December , my life completely changed. I had a biopsy done just four days before Christmas, and my oncologist called me on Christmas Day to tell me…

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Jim & Leslie

Jim and Leslie Donigan have been married for almost years. Currently retired with three adult children, they have both faced a cancer diagnosis but a…

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Rhonda

I have been faced with insurmountable health challenges that I am very grateful to have survived. Many people call me the miracle child. To begin, I h…

Living with NHL

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Maddox

Maddox's journey began in October when he first started showing signs of being sick at just three years old. He had a tummy ache one day and a few b…

Ronnie

After several months of symptoms, - All Star little leaguer Ronnie took a blood test that would determine his white blood cell count was nearly mill…

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Jason T.

My name is Jason T. Quimby and I am the proud past caregiver of my wife and ALL survivor Susana Moro. In November , my wife was diagnosed with ALL leu…

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Rebecca

Less than one month before finishing her clinical fellowship year as a pathologist, Becca was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma (HL). Her life, as well…

Kristen in a window seat wearting a hospital gown, bald from treatment, smiling, petting a dalmation

Kristen

I was diagnosed with Burkitt lymphoma (BL) when I was years old. It was the summer going into my senior year of college, and I had just returned home…

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Steve

I was diagnosed with stage acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in . It is not known if Humira (a drug I was prescribed) caused it or just blew up the AML. O…

Living with Acute Leukemia

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Damion

In , at the age of , I was diagnosed with multiple myeloma (MM). To say this was out of left field would be an understatement. Historically, MM has be…

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Carter

In May , when Carter was just years old. While attending his cousin’s graduation in New York City, I knew something was not right because he was not …

Diane and her husband, both survivors, wearing Light the Night t-shirts and smiling

Diane

My journey with The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS) started in when my spouse was diagnosed with orbital lymphoma. I have been working in the on…

Joan

What a beautiful wedding, a beautiful bride, and a handsome groom. Love was in the air. For weeks this lovely couple lived in their honeymoon state o…

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Bella

Looking back at when this journey started, it kind of feels unreal. Life can change in an instant. For us, that moment was on September , . Bella had …

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Elyssa

My daughter, Elyssa donated her hair for children with cancer only months before she herself was diagnosed with Hodgkins lymphoma. Upon her diagnosis,…

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Georgia

On August , , after months of complaining about severe knee pain, I was diagnosed with mixed phenotype acute leukemia (MPAL). I was at the time of my…

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Why our mission is bigger than a cure

We’ve known since our organization’s founders, the de Villiers family, lost their son Robbie to leukemia in that the need to learn more about blood c…

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Isabel

I never expected to have my whole adult life colored by cancer. In the fall of my freshman year of college, I was diagnosed with chronic myelogenous l…