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Painting Memories: How Light The Night Helped Us Say Goodbye
“Art is not what you see but what you make others see,” said Pablo Picasso. This is true for Larel Vaccaro’s incredible watercolor rendition of her experience at the 2015 Washington, DC, Light The Night walk.
Hollywood Cinematographer Climbing 12 Days for Cancer Cures
What happens when a group of nurses, doctors and cancer survivors of all ages come together to climb the highest mountain in Africa? History is made, and more importantly, lives are saved.
Lights, Camera, Action!
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.
Striving for Social Justice, Racial Equality and Diversity
As a patient focused organization, we stand for:
- All cancer patients, working to ensure they have access to quality affordable care.
- Racial justice and equality for Black people.
- Diversity and inclusion among our staff and volunteers.
We stand against hate, prejudice and injustice.
LLS advocates helped North Carolina expand Medicaid
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper just signed Medicaid expansion into law, following years of advocacy from LLS volunteers and staff.
Once it takes effect, the bipartisan deal will make 600,000+ North Carolinians newly eligible for lifesaving care, including cancer screenings and treatment.
A Multiple Myeloma Patient Rebuilds His Life
I have always been a builder.
Professionally, I am an architect. I have designed housing, theaters, libraries, a police station house, social service facilities, cultural centers and museums.
I am also a builder of communities, working with local organizations to help alleviate poverty, violence, and social disenfranchisement.
How Surviving Cancer Gave me a Second Birthday
Birthdays are a time for celebration as we become one year older, wiser, and more mature. For cancer survivors, we carry with us another date that symbolizes even more. This is our second birthday. Similar to an actual birthday, this day often carries feelings of even more nostalgia and remembrance. However, it can also grip us with feelings of dread, anxiety, and even post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). No matter how far along we are in our journey through survivorship, our second birthday pulls at us to stop and compassionately remember all that we’ve been through.
Eating Well During Cancer Treatment
Making healthy food choices before, during, and after cancer treatment can help you feel better and stay stronger. In fact, people living with cancer who eat well and keep or achieve a healthy weight usually manage treatment side effects better. Eating well also helps the body replace blood cells and healthy tissues that may be damaged as a result of treatment.
Champions in myeloma research: A conversation with Urvi A. Shah, M.D. M.S.
March is Myeloma Awareness Month, and it’s also Women’s History Month. So what better time to spotlight LLS-funded women scientists who are driving discovery for myeloma patients.
In this first of my two-part series on myeloma researchers, I sat down with Urvi A. Shah, MD, MS, an Assistant Attending in the Myeloma Service at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
A Nurse’s Journey as a Blood Cancer Survivor
During National Nurses Week, observed each year from May 6 to May 12, we celebrate nurses across the country who are committed to our health and wellness. At The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, we wanted to recognize Katie Demasi, a nurse and a blood cancer survivor, who has experienced both sides of the healthcare system. Here is her story…
3 Insights from a Clinical Trial Patient
The road to finding new and better cancer treatments often includes an important step: clinical trials. For patients with hard-to-treat diseases, these studies can be superhighways to the right treatment. A clinical trial can tell oncologists whether a new treatment works, how certain cancer types affect the body, and more.
Balancing fiscal responsibility with saving and improving lives
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A College Freshmen Faces A Cancer Diagnosis
The symptoms I habitually pushed off as stressors from my first semester of college, began to accumulate. Throughout the semester I felt less like my healthy self because of coughing, abnormal skin reactions, unexplainable fatigue and diminishing motivation.
5 Reasons Why I’m Grateful for LLS Volunteers
It’s National Volunteer Week, and I want to thank all our LLS volunteers for the time, energy, and commitment you give to our organization in service of blood cancer patients and their families. Through your many acts of kindness, compassion, and generosity, you are helping patients live longer, better lives. All of us at LLS are so grateful for you—all year long.
