Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)

Quade “Q” Marks is a 14-year-old freshman at East High School in Denver, Colorado.  He loves to play lacrosse, ski, snowboard and aspires to be a trauma surgeon. He is also a blood cancer survivor.

In 2015, I started having issues with being able to fight a sinus infection. Several months later, my doctor ordered me to have a bone marrow test and I was diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia (AML).

I was diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) on April 6, 1987, just four months after my 30th birthday.

Mary was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in May 2016. After a few rounds of chemotherapy that were ineffective in fighting the AML, she was transferred to a hospital specializing in AML research and has been participating in a medical trial.

This involved 75 hours of high intensity chemotherapy. She then spent 54 days in the hospital attached to an IV cart.

People tend to think that cancer will never affect them. I know, because I was once one of those people. Growing up, I never knew of anyone that had cancer. Then, in 2005, my father-in-law contracted a brain tumor; the worst type. I remember feeling a sort of, panicky feeling in the beginning as we were told he had three to six months to live.

On October 16, 2015, my dad was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). I remember the day as if it was yesterday. It is so crippling. Right away, my dad transferred to OHSU to start treatment with my mom by his side. With three rounds of chemo and a bone marrow transplant on the calendar, my dad's days came to an end on February 3, 2016.

Sobreviviente de Leucemia Mieloide Aguda

Hartsdale, NY

El 6 de octubre de 2015, cuando tenía 26 años de edad, me diagnosticaron leucemia mieloide aguda (AML, por sus siglas en inglés). Un mes después, estaba en remisión. Terminé seis meses de quimioterapia y estoy tan agradecida de haber vuelto a mi vida normal.