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Kabir
Kabir is an boy who is very affectionate, loving, and sweet. He has endless interests and loves dogs, superheroes, ponies, mermaids, magic shows, zoo…
Nicholas
It started with a stiff neck. Then came fatigue and a sore throat. I started feeling full after only a few bites of food. Workouts were getting more d…
Understanding blood cancers and treatment options
Leukemia, lymphoma, myeloma, myelodysplastic syndromes (MDSs) and myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) are types of cancer that can affect the bone mar…
Courtney
On March , , I heard the words no parent ever wants to hear: “Your son has cancer!” He was turning months old in two days.Maverick was not his normal…
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Kendra
I first learned of Blood Cancer United when I participated in a Team in Training (TNT) event to walk a half marathon in San Francisco in October . My …
Living with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
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Renee
I was a senior in high school preparing to graduate. I had summer plans to work at my youth group camp and endless ideas for my future. That all came …
Sara
Seeing RosesI sold my house―the one that I’d raised my children in―and moved to a rental until I found a new home for the new me, the me who was now …
Rachael
Somehow I find it hard to begin both with the story of my cancer diagnosis and to begin life again after remission. I think this feeling will be with …
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Erika
I am a - cancer survivor. In February , I found a suspect lump and had become unusually tired. I was a single mother of a very active - boy, so when …
David
On June , , - David Stim visited his pediatrician's office to have a routine school physical. During the exam, the nurse practitioner noticed an enlar…
Graham
In the fall of , my wife and I got married. Shortly after returning from our honeymoon, I began developing pains and weakness in my joints. This conti…
Amanda
My name is Amanda, and I am a stage 4b classical multicellularity Hodgkin lymphoma (CHL) survivor. It all started after spring break of my junior year…
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…
Lori
Lori’s journey to becoming a Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) volunteer began back in through her own experience with being diagnosed with Myelofibr…
Halley
My story with cancer began long before I was diagnosed this year at . When I was years old, my - sister, Hannah, became too tired to play with me. As…
Paul
I was first diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) at age and since then I've had two bone marrow transplants and . For the past years I …
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Richard
“I have lost my hero, I have lost my friend, but for you, my darling, I would do it all again.”I feel so blessed to have had the joy of meeting her an…
Yesenia
My name is Yesenia and this is my story. I began my first semester of university in fall . While I was away for college I started experiencing some sy…
Madeleine
We were lucky. It seems strange to frame it that way, but it's true.My - daughter discovered a lump in her neck back in April of . Because of COVID, w…
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James
I was diagnosed with stage follicular lymphoma (FL), a type of lymphoma (NHL), at the end of , and our world was turned upside down. I lived a prett…
Cinn
On June , , I called out of work, telling my bosses I had to get to the bottom of what was going on with my body. I had big bruises the size of golf b…
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Methods to Administer Drugs
Chemotherapy and other drugs are often given in combination with each other and can be given in different ways. The method of administering the drug i…
Dave
It all started for me the day our first child turned two months old. She was extremely colicky, and we would spend hours every night trying to get her…
Nicholas
It started with a stiff neck. Then came fatigue and a sore throat. I started feeling full after only a few bites of food. Workouts were getting more d…
Laura
When you hear the words, “Your child has cancer,” your whole world stops, without permission, as you and your child are thrust onto the rollercoaster …
Dare 2 Dream