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May 15th 2024
As a cancer survivor, I’m pleading for more research on cancer related fatigue.
AAMDSIF Presents First Lifetime Achievement in Science Award to Dr. Mary Horowitz
June 25th 2019The Aplastic Anemia & MDS International Foundation presented its first Lifetime Achievement in Science Award to Mary Horowitz, MD, MS at the Foundation’s 35th Anniversary Luncheon and Awards Program on May 18, 2019. Dr. Horowitz was honored for the significant impact her work has had on stem cell transplant and hematologic malignancy practice worldwide.
Cancer Survivors Wait for the Other Shoe to Drop
December 14th 2018I try so hard to be positive, but in the back of my mind, I am constantly waiting for the other shoe to drop, for my blood counts to worsen, for the results of the next bone marrow biopsy to be haywire, for the chemo with its side effects to be administered, intensified or changed.
Helping Others to Help Yourself Live Longer
August 31st 2018After we have been diagnosed with cancer, our lives will never be the same again. But we need to try to just perform one little service – a phone call, a card, an email to encourage others. The wonderful thing is with or without cancer, we may just live a little bit longer with joy!
Sometimes, Taking Care of Yourself Is Enough After Cancer
August 21st 2018Wistfully, I recall the days I could work all day, come home and do things around the house and then go out for dinner! Those days are long gone. I am off the chemo this week, but next week I will feel even more fatigue when I go back on.
Relatives of Patients With Myeloid Blood Cancers May be at Two-Fold Risk for Disease
August 14th 2018Recent research showed first-degree relatives of patients with certain types of blood cancers may be at an increased risk for such disease, highlighting the importance of counseling, gene testing and surveillance.
I'll Never Get to Ring the Bell
April 14th 2018Patients with cancer are often asked when they’ll be done with chemotherapy or treatment. Those of us with blood cancers and bone marrow type of cancers such as aplastic anemia, myelodysplastic syndrome, lymphoma and leukemia, along with a host of other cancers sadly have to say, “never.”