Surviving Strong: My Cancer Journey

I remember 1 April 2009 as if it were yesterday.   It was 15 years ago today that I was diagnosed with leukaemia; 9 months later I would go ...

26.11.2009 minutes before the transplant Today It was 22 November 2009, four days before my stem cell transplant. I got the news from my doc...

Coping mechanisms are strategies used to deal with, master, reduce or tolerate stressful situations or difficult demands, whether they are i...

 When it comes to my attitude toward health, I use the word optimism with much care. I learned that being optimistic is key but staying real...

 There are a number of terms for your “status” at the end of cancer treatment. The distinction between the terms is the issue of detectable ...

  It finally got me. It did not come as a surprise as I was on a business trip abroad and spent a full week in close contact with dozens of ...

It took 3 weeks to get the biopsy results and THANK GOD all is well.   Then I had to do further tests for other issues, and those are all ...

It is tormenting to have to wait for test results.  October 2021 I had been in remission for 12 years. Then beginning of November 2021 the d...

One of the pillars of a healthy life is proper nutrition. The basic principles are quite simple, but not so easy to implement all the time: ...

I came across this documentary on Netflix about the cancer journey of 2 individuals stricken by Leukemia.  It brought me back to 2009 when I...

Once you have had cancer, it is quite likely that there will be some other health issues coming along the way, regularly or sporadically, ma...

Before being diagnosed with cancer I lived most of the time on autopilot and who am I? wasn't a question that occupied me at all. Until ...