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Mashup Score: 24Thomas | Leukemia and Lymphoma Society - 2 month(s) ago
Before I was diagnosed with multiple myeloma (MM) at age 34, my life looked very different from what it is today. I was a husband and a father. I had a full-time job at the Federal Bureau of Prisons, and I worked out a lot. And now? Well, I still work out a lot; that’s never changed, and I’ll always be a father. But the rest of it? It’s all gone away. And I couldn’t be any more at peace with it than I am now. In early 2005, while vacationing with my family. I was working out in the resort gym. I received an excruciating pain in my shoulder as I completed a movement with the weights. An elderly man saw the grimace on my face and asked, “How long have you had shoulder problems?” I responded that I had never had any shoulder issues. The pain subsided, and I continued to enjoy the rest of my vacation. Upon returning home, I played basketball in my yard and again experienced that pain. I went to my family practice doctor to see if they could determine where the problem came from. He continu
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Mashup Score: 11New Report Reveals “Hidden” Patient Costs of Healthcare Consolidation | Leukemia and Lymphoma Society - 2 month(s) ago
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Mashup Score: 11New Report Reveals “Hidden” Patient Costs of Healthcare Consolidation | Leukemia and Lymphoma Society - 2 month(s) ago
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Mashup Score: 12LLS | Three Ways My Connection to Cancer Reveals the Importance of DEI & Health Equity - 2 month(s) ago
LLS leader Susan Goss-Brown shares how her personal connections to cancer underscore the role DEI and Health Equity efforts play in addressing health disparities in the blood cancer community.
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Mashup Score: 35Latest FDA Approval in Multiple Myeloma May Reduce Treatment Costs, Frequency and Side Effects | Leukemia and Lymphoma Society - 2 month(s) ago
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Mashup Score: 14Bryan (Hennessy) | Leukemia and Lymphoma Society - 2 month(s) ago
My name is Bryan, but most know me by my stage name Hennessy Williams. I was diagnosed with stage 4 non-Hodgkin Burkitt lymphoma (BL) on July 1st, 2005. I was 20 years old. It was the hardest battle I ever faced, I am lucky to be here, I am lucky to be alive. I am alive because I had a tremendous amount of support from my family and friends, not everyone is blessed with this option. This is why I want to get as many donations as I can for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) so that others will get to feel the support that I did. Fighting cancer as a college student was the hardest battle I ever faced. Today, I am completely fearless and I will not back down to any challenge as long as I’m here. Now I am married have 3 kids of my own and I remember where I came from. Leukemia and lymphoma is a battle that many will face will face and LLS is at the forefront of helping them fight. This past summer 18 years after my bout with stage 4 non-Hodgkin Burkitt lymphoma (BL) began I got to
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Mashup Score: 55Renata | Leukemia and Lymphoma Society - 3 month(s) ago
The best thing and the worst thing to ever happen to me happened at the same time. On my birthday, I found out that I was pregnant. That explained (I thought) why I felt so run down and lethargic. My husband and I were over the moon as this was our first child. As weeks went by, what I thought was morning sickness hit me hard. I couldn’t keep food down. My doctor gave me meds; nothing helped. On my 10-week checkup, my OB took about 15 tubes of blood. I remember having this weird feeling as I sat in the chair. Two days later, I was told to go straight to the hospital because my white blood count was 38. As we drove, I remember thinking that this had to be a mistake. It wasn’t, and I was diagnosed with Philadelphia chromosome-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia (PH + ALL) at 10½ weeks pregnant. My treatment had to be altered so as not to harm the baby. He went through seven rounds of chemo with me. At 32 weeks pregnant, I started having migraines and running fevers. I was diagnosed
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Mashup Score: 15Spotlight On Mantle Cell Lymphoma | Leukemia and Lymphoma Society - 3 month(s) ago
Join us for a free webinar covering the latest information for patients and caregivers. To register by phone, call (866) 992-9950. Topics Covered We invite you to learn more about: Latest treatment advances for mantle cell lymphoma Relapse management Quality-of-life and side-effect management Speaker Tycel Phillips, MD Associate Professor Hematology-BMT City of Hope National Cancer Center Duarte, CA Submit a question for Dr. Phillips to answer during the Q&A session. Program Support Support for this program provided by Kite, a Gilead Company and Eli Lilly and Company. < Back to Webcasts
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Mashup Score: 24Stem Cell Transplantation | Graft-Versus-Host Disease | LLS - 3 month(s) ago
Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is a potentially serious complication of allogeneic stem cell transplantation.
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“After hearing the results, the first thing that I thought was, ‘Am I going to die?’ That did not change after I googled it, and the results showed #myeloma.” Read his full story here 👉 https://t.co/ZKrJvVwumE https://t.co/XnYvYrF7SN