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Whitney
I am delighted to be a new member of the Clinical Trial Support Center team at The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS)! After eight years as a clinical …
Anubha
I experienced extreme nausea and slight shortness of breath for a week prior to being diagnosed with acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL), clots in my l…
Living with Acute Leukemia
Jaime
My name is Jaime Fernandez and I am a Clinical Social Worker with UCI Health. I have the pleasure and honor of working with individuals diagnosed with…
Cayden
In April , Cayden began experiencing leg pain and developed an unusual limp that alarmed his mother, Courtney. Soon, the pain progressed to a stiff n…
Chris
Getting diagnosed with blood cancer is an absolute nightmare at any age, but at , with a young wife and building a career, facing cancer felt like my …
Dare 2 Dream
Stories
Norman
I was diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) at years old in . I contacted the local Blood Cancer United office where I live, and was help…
Judith
I was diagnosed with NHL on October , . A day that I will never forget. Several months prior, around April, I was experiencing bronchitis/cold symptom…
LLS, advocates celebrate major state policy wins for patients
While Congress meets , state legislatures typically meet only in the first half of the year. The start of the summer generally marks the end of the st…
Diana
My introduction to The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) began in the early 2000s. I joined a Light The Night Team to support research and programs fo…
Krista
Prior to my diagnosis, I was a daughter to my parents, a dedicated dog mama to my Golden Retriever, a loyal friend, and an enthusiastic high school h…
Gerardo (Jerry)
I came into this world with a ,-mile warranty. During all my life, maybe I had a cold once in a while, some minor stuff, a bit of bursitis, but nothin…
Stories
Stuart
Five years ago, Toni underwent a bone marrow biopsy because of unexplained anemia. She was found to have myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), a precursor t…
Silma
My mother never had an easy life, but she is courageous and strong. She has never let any pitfall keep her from moving forward in life. She is a hardw…
Jesse
My name is Jesse Jordan. I'm a -year cancer survivor. I was diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) when I was months old. Cancer has been on…
Makenzie
My daughter Makenzie was diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) in January , when she was just four years old. She had no signs or symptoms of …
Living with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
Barry
I was diagnosed with lymphoma in May of . The diagnosis came after three or four months of tests attempting to diagnose a lump from my neck (which w…
Betty
In , after doing a -mile, walk in support of breast cancer, of which I am also a survivor of, I realized that something seemed wrong as the walk was …
Pamela
In the fall of , I rushed my wife, Pam Lewis, to the first of six emergency room visits. As with all of the visits, she was in such acute pain she co…
Eva
In , as a - sophomore in college, I was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma (HL). After two years of suffering from a mystery illness, I finally had answe…
Katie
I want to share my blood cancer journey. It all started back in October when I was at Gonzaga University. I started to experience the symptoms that I…
Lenny
I am nominating an extraordinary person, that I have never met in person before. This person truly changed my life in many ways. He has performed m…
Charity
In March of , I was diagnosed officially with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) after a blood test and bone marrow biopsy. I had just turned and had my …
Carolyn
In November , my daughter Valerie was born. Shortly after, I was diagnosed with an upper respiratory infection by my doctor and received rounds of an…
april
In , at the age of , I found a lump in my neck that quickly grew to an alarming size. After ruling out illnesses such as cat scratch fever and tubercu…
Watch and wait
Watch and wait (active surveillance) involves closely watching a patient’s condition but not giving any treatment unless there are changes in signs, s…
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