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Emily
I was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia () when I was weeks pregnant. I came into the ER with a high fever from the flu, and one routine C…
Jorel
On June , my son Jorel Cunningham was diagnosed with stage three diffuse large B cell lymphona, primary lesion of the bone, after biopsies. Here is h…
Amber
On November , , I was diagnosed with Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML). There was no sign that anything was wrong until I went in for routine blood w…
Living with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
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…
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…
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
Kasey
In August of , I noticed a baseball size lump on my neck. I instantly freaked out and went to my nearest urgent care center. There they told me it was…
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Matthew
Our Matthew was first diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in August at the age of . He relapsed with ALL in December and underwent his…
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 …
Jaiden
My son, Jaiden was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) on November , . Prior to his diagnosis, Jaiden was a very athlete and he played…
Drug Therapies
In the past decade alone, new drugs and new uses for existing drugs have greatly improved rates of cure or remission for patients of all ages. Newer "…
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…
Zariyah
Zariyah was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) on May , . She had just turned three years old the previous November. She was immediatel…
Gregg
I sailed through the first years of my life...bachelor's degree, master's degree, years as a physical education teacher, years as a district admini…
2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine: Unleashing the Immune System
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded today to two scientists whose groundbreaking work led to the development of a class of immu…
Chaneta Juliet
Hi, my name is Chaneta, I like to go by Juliet. This past year has been an interesting one, to say the least. I’m a who wrote and released an album i…
Paul
My husband's story began in July , when he suddenly became ill. I rushed him to the ER. The shocking diagnosis, multiple myeloma. Three weeks prior to…
Julie
My name is Julie. I’m a loving mother of three outstanding kids, a successful businesswoman, wife, breast cancer survivor, and now mother of a true ca…
Israel
I am years old, a father of two boys and one girl ― Abdias, years old; Ester, years old; and Ben, years old ― and a husband to my wife Erin for al…
Nicole
Just two weeks into my junior year of high school, I was pulled out of class at lunch and packed a small overnight bag, not realizing I wouldn’t retur…
Chelsey
While I was recovering from my stem cell transplant, I was at home with my then - daughter full time. She wasn't able to attend preschool due to the p…
Joshua
Just three days after Christmas, my world was turned upside down. I was admitted to the hospital because I was unable to keep any food down and felt t…
Joshua
Just three days after Christmas, my world was turned upside down. I was admitted to the hospital because I was unable to keep any food down and felt t…
Joe
In late , I sat in my car and cried.I’d just been diagnosed with Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia (WM), a rare, lymphoma blood cancer. I was , a dad, …
Andrew
Great news, it’s lymphoma! I’ll never forget that call from my oncologist. That was the day my world changed in a good way . . . well, not right away…
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