"I am not going to fight against death but for life."
— Norbert Segard, 0n suffering from cancer, London Times, Feb. 2, 1981






Leukemia Stories:
From the Trenches

  THOSE AMONG US:
This might be the most important and compelling section of all, for it makes this awful disease very personal. These links are in no particular order. Add your story.

  • Carolyn's Page. Carolyn was diagnosed in blast crisis of CML and is having a transplant at the Hutch.

  • Sandy's Site. Follow Sandy's progress through a stem cell transplant at Hammersmith Hospital in London.

  • Cheryl-Anne's Site. Tag along on Cheryl's journey with CML.

  • Mendy's Transplant Site. A sense of humor makes the journey easier.

  • Rob Glatts's Journey to a Cure. After developing resistance to Gleevec, Rob turns to a transplant.

  • Diana Lindberg's Story. Bouncing back from an unrelated bone marrow transplant in March 2003.

  • Parker's Page. A 3-year-old copes with Ph-positive ALL.

  • Rebecca's BMT Photo History. Pictures tell a thousand words, and then some.

  • Chris Walles. "I was 26 years old at diagnosis, and opted for a bone marrow transplant knowing that it was the only option (albeit a risky one) for a complete cure."

  • Jeannie's Journey. With humor and courage, Jeannie, and many supporters around her, Jeannie takes on one of life's toughest journies.

  • Jack's Page. Young Jack was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in the spring of 1999. His brave battle has continued since.

  • Kirsten's experience. "I am a chronic myelogenous leukemia survivor, and currently almost five years past an unrelated bone marrow transplant."

  • Paul's Online Recovery Room. Paul was 38 when he went for a routine company physical. The results weren't so routine.

  • Graham Stewart. "Getting the initial diagnoses was obviously very upsetting for everybody. But, to be honest, I felt more upset when I thought about my wife and family, especially my daughters."

  • Mark Frazer was diagnosed with CML in November 2000. Read about his bone marrow transplant.

  • John Shula: CLL transplant survivor. "It's time to blow this cancer away."

  • Greg's Home. One of the famous Klement's Sausage Company Racing Sausages wins the gold.

  • DiverGal. What do you get when you cross a scuba diver and a leukemia patient?

  • Karie's Cancer. "I decided I would have a transplant and made up my mind that it would be successful."

  • Bob Farmer. "Cancer Suxs." No doubt!

  • Operation Transplant. Meet Doug: The hair's coming back, the stairs are no match, and neither are the young 'uns.

  • Christian Jones. Christian had thoughts of college, Colorado and camping when he was diagnosed in February 2000.

  • Justina's Corner on the Web. Young Justina underwent a stem cell transplant to help cure an autoimmune disease caused by a cancer called neuroblastoma.

  • Jirapon Chaimonkon . A young man from Thailand seeks help with treatment.

  • Dream to Live-Live to Dream. "This page is hopefully going to give someone else some information and strength to fight and win the battle like I did."

  • Mike's Marrow Donor Story. Mike hit the number on his birthday. The prize? The gift of life.


    Passages

  • Jason's Race for a Cure. Read about Jason's stem cell transplant for CML and how you can help support him and his causes.

  • Tom Jackson. After a courageous fight, Tom says goodbye.

  • Carol Hisatomi. Sad goodbyes. Another CML warrior loses the battle.

  • Doug Kroeger.Come along with Doug as he fights back against chronic myelogenous leukemia.

  • Amy M. Senecal. This little girl loved scuba diving and drawing, but ultimately lost her fight with the dragon CML.

  • Glenda's Race. Glenda is undergoing a matched unrelated bone marrow transplant for Chronic Myelogeneous Leukemia at MD Anderson Cancer Center

  • Mohan, a father of 3-year-old twins, was in blast crisis of CML, despite having been on Gleevec, and was seeking a bone marrow donor. Mohan fought bravely but lost his battle.

  • ShrimpLouie. A CML patient chronicles his Team-in-Training experiences. He lost the war but won the battle.

  • Dave Schramm. "Dave passed away at 7:30 on Sept. 5, 2001. When you are finished reading this horrible news, go hug a loved one and tell them how much you appreciate them. Let that moment of love be Dave's gift to you."

  • Stephen James Soukup. "On 3/1/99 I was diagnosed with CML and my life was drastically changed. On 2/2/00 I had a Bone Marrow Transplant using an Unrelated Donor's marrow."




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