Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma, Marriage, and Children - It Was Meant To Be
Posted on April 7, 2008 - Filed Under Leukemia Lymphoma Cancer | Leave a Comment
Once diagnosed at age twenty-five with non-hodgkins lymphoma, I was certain my love life would be on the back burner during my two and half year protocol. Living life as a cancer survivor and hoping one day marriage and children may be a part of my future seemed more like a fantasy than a reality.
I found myself going out on one or two dates with someone and end what could have been a potential relationship on purpose. What if he found out I was stigmatized with cancer, non-hodgkins lymphoma, and ran for cover? How would I feel? How devastated would… Continue reading
Read More..>>Living With Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma And Fighting Depression
Posted on April 7, 2008 - Filed Under Leukemia Lymphoma Cancer | Leave a Comment
When living with non-hodgkins lymphoma there are many ups and downs, mentally, physically, and spiritually on the road to surviving cancer. Here are a few of the do’s and don’ts that I’ve learned as time went on during and after my non-hodgkins lymphoma diagnosis. If they helped me become a cancer survivor, intact, beating the odds, why couldn’t they help you? So here they are…
DO make sure you know and understand what your protocol is about while living with cancer, whether it’s non-hodgkins lymphoma, or any other type of cancer, to help maintain a level of control and reduce depression… Continue reading
Read More..>>Learn And Live With Cancer - Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
Posted on March 30, 2008 - Filed Under Leukemia Lymphoma Cancer | Leave a Comment
Cancer. The C-word that changed my life forever! The specific diagnosis was non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and the protocol consisted of two and a half years of combination chemotherapy with a month of radiation. After hearing the doctor utter those words, all I could hear thereafter was la la la la la as my jaw dropped. It was a deer in the headlights moment. Cancer??!! No way; I’m twenty-five years old. They’re wrong! But they weren’t and I had to deal with it. Once I regained control of my articulators I demanded explanations. Why me? How could this happen? What do I… Continue reading
Read More..>>My Journey With Cancer - Part 1
Posted on March 22, 2008 - Filed Under Leukemia Lymphoma Cancer | Leave a Comment
I have always liked traveling, but usually I had some idea of my destination. This journey was to be very different from the rest, with more twists, turns and elements of the unexpected then any of the others. So, to pick a beginning, I will start in January 2002.
I was then Assistant Supervisor in the Vitamin section of a busy Pharmacy (Drug Store). I had been promoted to this position after 12 months as a casual employee. It seemed to be taking a while to adjust to this new role, earlier starts, staying to close the… Continue reading
Read More..>>Leukemia 101
Posted on March 13, 2008 - Filed Under Leukemia Lymphoma Cancer | Leave a Comment
Luekemia is a cancer (malignant disease) of the blood or ‘bone marrow’, (soft tissue found in the hollow interior of the bone.) It is characterized by the uncontrolled accretion of blood cells, usually white blood cells. The word Luekemia means “white blood”, which was derived by luekemia patients’ high white blood count. An excessive amount of cells can interfere with other cells which causes a very harmful imbalance of blood count. There are four different categories of luekemia:
* Acute Lymphocytic Luekemia (ALL): This type of Luekemia is a rapidly progressing disease that is the most common type of Luekemia for… Continue reading
Read More..>>I Bet They Play Whiffle Ball Now In Heaven
Posted on March 13, 2008 - Filed Under Leukemia Lymphoma Cancer | Leave a Comment
After the death of my grandfather, a few years passed and I began to hear about a friend of mine who was having quite a health challenge.
Juan Chesson was probably the nicest guy you would ever meet. He was a year older than me. I was in several classes with his younger brother, Harold. Their father was a teacher and coached high school football and baseball. Consequently, Juan participated in sports and grew up playing whiffle ball, basketball and football with his brother and friends in their backyard. When he got older, Juan played high school football and baseball. Of… Continue reading
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