Please join us for the latest episode of our Community Outreach In The Field series, where our field correspondents, comprised of LLS Staff, will be on the ground interviewing health advocates, patients, caregivers and healthcare professionals in the communities in which they serve. These episodes will make listeners feel like they are right in the […]
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Join us as we speak to Tim Cooper, a multiple myeloma patient and caregiver. In this episode, Tim discusses how he was diagnosed with myeloma after sustaining a neck fracture. Unlike many patients, he was familiar with myeloma, as his mother had been diagnosed with myeloma years prior. After multiple treatments, including chemotherapy and stem
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Please join us for a brand new series called, Community Outreach In The Field, where our field correspondents, comprised of LLS Staff, will be interviewing health advocates, patients, caregivers and healthcare professionals in the communities in which they serve. These episodes will give the listener the feel that they are right in the middle of
Community Outreach In The Field: Blood and Chess Atlanta Read More »
Join us as we speak to Damion Davis, a myeloma patient and licensed professional counselor. In this episode, Damion talks about his myeloma diagnosis and how he reached remission after a stem cell transplant. Dealing with the difficulty of a cancer diagnosis as a husband and father of young daughters, Damion knew the benefits that
Mental Health and Myeloma: A Story of Resilience Read More »
Bonus Content! Go to the Subscriber Lounge to see what Gregory has been up to since this episode in our new After the Podcast segment. Join us as we speak to Gregory Proctor, a myeloma patient, and Erica Ali, the Senior Manager of Copay and Patient Financial Assistance Programs at The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
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Join us as we speak to Dr. Peter Riedell and Dr. Benjamin Derman from University of Chicago Medicine, about the latest research coming out of the annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH). In this episode, we discuss new treatments on the horizon for lymphoma and myeloma. The doctors share how innovative therapies
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Join us as we speak to Dr. Lorna McNeill, a Professor and Associate Director for Health Disparities and Community Outreach at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX, along with a special guest from our LLS Patient and Community Outreach team, Erika Pomares. In this episode, Dr. McNeill shares how people of color, particularly African
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Join us for our special series where we focus on adult child caregivers of a parent with cancer. In this series we will be listening in on a conversation between a social worker and caregiver as they navigate the various stages of a parent’s cancer journey – diagnosis, treatment, the role reversal from child to
Cancer & Caregiving: Navigating My Parent’s Cancer – Survivorship Read More »
Join us for our special series where we focus on adult child caregivers of a parent with cancer. In this series we will be listening in on a conversation between a social worker and caregiver as they navigate the various stages of a parent’s cancer journey – diagnosis, treatment, the role reversal from child to
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Join us for our special series where we focus on adult child caregivers of a parent with cancer. In this series we will be listening in on a conversation between a social worker and caregiver as they navigate the various stages of a parent’s cancer journey – diagnosis, treatment, the role reversal from child to
Cancer & Caregiving: Navigating My Parent’s Cancer – Treatment Read More »
Join us for our special series where we focus on adult child caregivers of a parent with cancer. In this series we will be listening in on a conversation between a social worker and caregiver as they navigate the various stages of a parent’s cancer journey – diagnosis, treatment, the role reversal from child to
Cancer & Caregiving: Navigating My Parent’s Cancer – Diagnosis Read More »
Join us in this next installment of our series, Patient-Doctor Perspectives, where we explore a diagnosis from the view of a patient and doctor. In this episode, we speak to Bryon Daily, a myeloma survivor and Dr. Scott Solomon from Northside Hospital in Atlanta, GA. Diagnosed in 2018, Bryon shares his experience living with myeloma after
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Join this insightful conversation as Alicia, Edith and Lizette sit down to chat with Dr. Stephen B. Thomas, one of the nation’s leading scholars in the effort to eliminate racial and ethnic health disparities. Dr. Thomas is a Professor of Health Policy & Management and Director of the Maryland Center for Health Equity at the
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Oya knew he was sick, but his inclinations were met with people telling him he was a hypochondriac. Oya recounts the moment in his life when he decided to increase his health insurance after being told by doctors that he was fine for many years prior. It was during the insurance company’s own testing that
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Eating a well-balanced diet is important, especially with a diagnosis of multiple myeloma. A proper diet during and after cancer treatment can help you feel better, maintain your strength, and positively impact recovery time. Listen in as Alicia and Lizette speak with Gina DeLuca. Gina is an Outpatient Oncology Dietitian for the Center for Cancer Care
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Join Alicia and Lizette as they speak with Dr. Marc Braunstein, a Board-certified hematologist, medical oncologist at NYU Winthrop in New York, NY. This is episode four of our five- part episode series, ‘Removing Mystery from Myeloma‘. On this episode, Dr. Braunstein explains how management of myeloma differs between younger and older patients. He stresses
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Join Alicia and Shona from The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society as they speak with Dr. Racquel Innis-Shelton, Associate Professor of Medicine and Director of the University of Alabama Multiple Myeloma Clinic at the University of Alabama. On this episode, Dr. Innis-Shelton describes the process for a bone marrow transplant, the difference between autologous and allogeneic transplant, how a patient is screened
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Join Alicia and Lizette as they speak with Dr. Marc Braunstein, a Board-certified hematologist, medical oncologist at NYU Winthrop in New York, NY. This is the second episode of five that will be part of ‘Removing Mystery from Myeloma‘ series. On this episode, Alicia and Lizette discuss the topics pertaining to myeloma patients and caregivers.
Removing Mystery from Myeloma: Questions to ask, Bone Health and Clinical Trials Read More »
Join Alicia and Shona from The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society as they speak with Dr. Racquel Innis-Shelton, Associate Professor of Medicine and Director of the University of Alabama Multiple Myeloma Clinic at the University of Alabama. This episode is the first of five that will be part of ‘Removing Mystery from Myeloma‘ series. On this
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After crossing the finish line at the Madrid Marathon, Ethan Hawes felt a shooting pain in his hip. Assuming it was a result of the race, being diagnosed with multiple myeloma at the age of 22 years old was the furthest thing from his mind. Listen in as Alicia and Lizette from The Leukemia &
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