by lawrence | Dec 30, 2025 | USA
What The Heck! At 49 yrs. old I woke up one Wednesday morning in 2004 with what I thought was gas pains in my upper abdomen so I ate antacids all day. The next day I woke up and it was worse so I took GasX for the rest of the day. Friday I woke up and couldn’t get out...
by lawrence | Sep 22, 2025 | USA
My 21 year old was diagnosed this summer. He had some severe bruising and fatigue. He was fortunate to have caught it early in the diease and after 2 months on TKIs is almost in “remission”. He has responded brilliantly to Nilotinib. It is still a...
by lawrence | Sep 22, 2025 | USA
CML, marriage, and twins I’ve been a nurse now for 16 years. I was diagnosed at the age of 31 after blaming night shifts for my fatigue, paleness, headaches- you name the vague symptom, I blamed night shift. I’m now 6 years into my diagnosis and have been...
by lawrence | Apr 10, 2025 | USA
The Hills I Have Climbed I was shocked by a Chronic Myeloid Leukemia diagnosis after having routine bloodwork in June 2022. After a year and a half of treatment, my doctor shared that I still had not reached full molecular remission. My oncologist went on to tell me...
by lawrence | Sep 25, 2024 | USA
The Uninvited Guest I created this after hearing about “The Patient Story” and attending a workshop on using simple drawings to share your story. Social media link: https://vimeo.com/1012608328
by lawrence | Sep 22, 2024 | USA
Living with CML I was diagnosed with CML in July 2022 and started treatment with a TKI therein. Fortunately my BCR/ABL results have been encouraging and been on the decline. While the side effects have been quite difficult to deal with I consider that a cost of...
