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Moving Forward: 4 Young Blood Cancer Survivors Look Ahead
Blood cancer survivors have a unique path ahead of them—and that can feel challenging.
Questions come up: Does treatment mean I have to pause everything? Do I tell my friends or coworkers (and how)? With my medical bills, how can I afford the education I want?
Why Monthly Giving Matters
Giving regularly over time = giving patients and survivors the chance for more time.
Monthly giving really deserves more credit—credit as a predictable, impactful funding force for our lifesaving and life-changing work. For The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS), the reliability of a regular gift helps to sustain cutting-edge research and to provide the free resources and support blood cancer patients and survivors need to live longer, better lives.
It’s about ongoing generosity. It’s about creating a lasting impact.
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Patients' Medical Histories Shouldn't Determine Whether They're Insurable
All patients deserve access to quality, affordable health plans. Fortunately, most insurance cannot use patients' pre-existing conditions against them. But these protections don't exist for Medicare Supplement Insurance, known as Medigap. In fact, Medigap is one of the only types of health coverage that can charge patients more, or deny them coverage, due to their age or health status.
LLS is advocating for policies that would allow patients to enroll in Medigap—without paying higher rates—regardless of their health or age.
Why We Love Nurses (And You Should Too!)
It makes sense that at diagnosis and throughout treatment, someone diagnosed with a blood cancer will look around them for answers or support.
How to start accepting help
It’s been another long day. A long list to check off. You’re doing it all yourself, making sure everything is in order, that everyone has what they need.
And you’re exhausted. But asking for help—or even accepting it when it’s offered—might seem intimidating. You don’t want to overwhelm others or bring them down.
Cancer might happen in the body, but its impact goes beyond that. Whether you’ve been diagnosed or someone you love has, if you feel stressed out or like you’re on your own, you’re not the only one.
“People Just Didn’t Get It”: Treating Young Adults with Cancer
Think of spring break: warm sunny skies, a refreshing drink, and hopefully, a feeling of freedom.
Where Blood Cancer Meets Nature: Why This Scholarship Recipient Is Saving the Earth
When we think about the future, a lot can feel uncertain—especially as a teenager or young adult (AYA) with blood cancer.
We get it.
FAQs: Proposed federal spending cuts and blood cancer research and care
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) has heard great concerns from patients, caregivers, volunteers, healthcare professionals, researchers, community organizations and others who are fearful and confused by NIH spending cuts and other policies being proposed and implemented in Washington.