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Cancer-related fatigue (CRF) in children and teens

Fatigue is very common in patients with blood cancers. fatigue (CRF) is characterized by excessive and persistent exhaustion that interferes with dai…

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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…

Communicating as a Caregiver

Communicating With the PatientYou and your loved one will need to be open and honest with each other from the start. Remember that you are both on the…

Zariyah

Zariyah was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) on May , . She had just turned three years old the previous November. She was immediatel…

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…

Tricia

My story is truly about the little family that could. In , I felt I had it all: a loving partner, a new job offer, and plans to start a family. Upon m…

Donna

The year was quite a year for us. It was the year of cancer. No one ever really prepares themselves for the diagnosis of cancer, and when you're told…

Cathy

I decided to call my cancer the “little c” rather than the “Big C.” I wasn't giving it that much power over my life!The year was memorable for all th…

Bruce

In the fall of , I had a missed call and a “call me when you’re out of class” text from my Dad. I was a sophomore at the University of Georgia when I …

Sarah

I was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia ( ALL) in October at the age of . It was a shocking diagnosis. I started feeling bad in September …

Julie

“About six years………”The doctor kept speaking but the words evaporated into thin air as Julie quickly did mental math to figure out what ages her child…

Bill

My name is Bill Bannon. I am a child support magistrate for the Minnesota State Courts. In April I experienced shortness of breath, a and bleeding …

Blaine

Everything happens for a reason, even cancer. I am thrilled to say I just walked out of the hospital doors at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center a…

Heather

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Light The Night Walk serves as an inspiring, empowering and comforting event, made possible by those who share, reme…

When your child has cancer

Hearing that your child has cancer is terrifying for any parent. Today, most childhood cancer patients can expect to have full and productive lives. M…

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