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Alabama Support Groups

Local () Support GroupsBirmingham Area GroupWhen: First Wednesday of each month, :00pm - :30pmWhere:St. Vincent’s HospitalThe New Bruno Cancer Center …

Family Support Groups

Post-transplant Support Group

support group is held every third Friday of every month. The meetings are from : to : pm. Family Member, caregivers, and patients are invited to com…

Cancer Support Community (CSC)

To provide support, education and hope to people affected by cancer; to ensure that all people impacted by cancer are empowered by knowledge, strength…

Suggested Reading - Instructional DVD: How to Give Comfort through Touch and Massage to a Loved One with Cancer

A thorough and authoritative DVD program provides detailed instruction by leading experts in the field of oncology massage in safe and simple techniqu…

Amyloidosis Support Groups Inc.

To assist amyloidosis patients, caregivers and former caregivers. Funds and maintains libraries of educational materials for all support groups …

Wellspring Cancer Support Foundation

Wellspring provides a wide range of cancer support programs and services to meet the emotional, social, psychological and informational needs of peopl…

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's New Chief Scientific Officer Excited about What's Next in Blood Cancer Research

Lore Gruenbaum, Ph.D., was promoted to The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s (LLS) Chief Scientific Officer (CSO) following the retirement of longtime CSO…

Maggie

My son, Benjamin, was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in February at the age of four. Due to the unique nature of his presentation, he wa…

Crystal

My story starts in early December . I had been getting sick a lot that year, and it finally struck me as odd when it just wouldn’t go away. I had this…

Ed

Like many who get diagnosed with multiple myeloma (MM), it comes out of nowhere. For me, it was mysterious aches and pains that crept up quickly. An a…

Suggested Reading - The Philadelphia Chromosome: A Mutant gene and the Quest to Cure Cancer at the Genetic Level

Philadelphia, : A scientist scrutinizing a single human cell under a microscope detects a missing piece of DNA. That scientist, David Hungerford, had …

Myra

At age , Myra began having fevers and joint pain. Her parents took her to their pediatrician where she had bloodwork done. The results came back norma…

Payton

My name is Payton, and I’m a young mom and Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) survivor. I was diagnosed when my baby was just two months old, a time when I was sti…

Suggested Reading - How to Cope Better When Someone You Love Has Cancer

In , Dr. William Penzer, a psychologist for more than forty years, found himself sitting with his wife in the waiting room of Memorial Cancer Center.…

Aimee

In October , our daughter Alexia was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) at just years old. At first, we thought she had hurt her back …

Abby

I was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) at the age of in April . I am a mom to a now who I had to be apart from for four months to get tre…

Joy

I am . I have been married for years. We have three children and four grandchildren. We are all very close. I am in remission from lymphoma. Lymphom…

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…

Greg

In , our world turned upside down when my father, Greg, was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). The only chance to save his life was a bone m…

Nathaniel

Hi! Nathaniel here, but you can call me Nate. I am an - North Carolina Scholar, graduate of Franklinton High School who graduated with high honors. I…

Cynthia

Cynthia was on a family vacation in when she began experiencing back pain so severe that she had to be in a wheelchair for the rest of the trip. When…

 Blood Cancer United Applauds Passage of Vital Policies to Support Kids with Cancer 

Children with cancer will soon have faster access to critical care 

Teresa

I was diagnosed in with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). Upon diagnosis, perhaps the greatest shock was becoming aware that I knew so little about…