Life With Cancer on Shine

Life with Cancer: How can I have some summer fun?

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It's Lea and I am about 7 months post bone marrow transplant and it feels like summer, well sorta! I am blown away that it was a year ago today that I made my decision to go forward with a bone marrow transplant. Last year I was scared--really scared since I did not even know if I had a donor...

Life with Cancer: What's on your life-time to do list?

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Hi! It's Lea and I'm over 200 days from my bone marrow transplant--it's amazing how quickly time can go (although at times it has certainly dragged on...). One thing I've realized is that time does not "wait" for you (nor cancer) and you can't hit the "pause"...

Life with Cancer: My test results are in...

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...and, believe it or not, they're not so stellar. Here's the e-mail I received from Dr. Mauro yesterday: Erin: the pcr is back; it registered a "weak positive" in the standard run a little different positivity than the indeterminate values in the nested pcr we have seen on...

Life with Cancer: Those funky follicles...

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[Ed. note: Welcome to one of our favorite Healthy Living features, Life With Cancer. Here we join Erin, a writer and mother who also is living with leukemia. Erin blogs about the very real and sweet and funny and challenging moments she encounters everyday and we are so glad she's sharing...

Life with Cancer: My new "normal"

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Life with Cancer: Confessions of a part time Mr. Mom

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[Ed. note: I am so pleased and proud to introduce you all to Erin, a writer and mother who also is living with leukemia, with occasional guest posts by Erin's hubs Nick (hey, how sweet is having a partner who you can blog about and also blogs for you!?). Erin blogs about the very real and...

Life with Cancer: Oversharers and undersharers

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OK, we all know which one I am--in fact, I've made a living out of my propensity to overshare. The second I got cancer I started telling anyone who wanted to know...and soon millions more through my Glamour column. I wrote a book and outed crazy details about myself (and my family) and now...

Life with Cancer: What do you think about only children?

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[Ed. note: I am so pleased and proud to introduce you all to Erin, a writer and mother who also is living with leukemia. Erin blogs about the very real and sweet and funny and challenging moments she encounters everyday and we are so glad she's sharing the journey with us here on Shine.]Let...

She had to make the toughest decision ever--What would you have done?

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Hey guys, please welcome Liv, today's very special guest blogger. She was recently diagnosed with CML but the news came at the worst possible time: just weeks after she found out she was pregnant. Here, her amazing story in her own words. -Erin It all started with the most wonderful day of...