Mental Health

The Bloodline Live: Emphasizing the Patient Voice in Young Adult Cancer Care

Leave a Comment / Children and young adults, English, Health Disparities, Mental Health, Survivorship

When adolescents and young adults (AYA) are diagnosed with cancer, they face unique challenges that aren’t seen as frequently in other age groups.  Healthcare and nonprofit professionals around the world are listening to patients and researching these issues to improve quality of life during and after treatment. In this episode, we are taking you onsite to the […]

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Perspectives on Quality of Life: Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML)

Leave a Comment / Chronic myeloid leukemia, English, Mental Health, Survivorship, Treatment

Join us as we hear two different perspectives from people living with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML); Tim Sohn, a 16-year survivor and Becky Dame, a 32-year survivor. In this episode, we hear how CML treatment has changed since 1991, when Becky was diagnosed. Becky had a difficult journey through cycles of relapse, transplant, and remission,

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Support and Stability: Living with CMML

7 Comments / Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia, English, Leukemia, Mental Health, Treatment

Please join us as we speak to Howard Willens, a chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML) patient. In this episode, Howard shares how he was diagnosed with this rare blood cancer. He shares how patient support groups have assisted him, and how he no longer feels alone. His story encourages CMML patients to focus on stability and

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Mental Health and Myeloma: A Story of Resilience

9 Comments / Coronavirus (COVID-19), English, Mental Health, Myeloma, Parenting, Survivorship, Treatment

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

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