Raffaela Mercurio: Choose Hope!!Raffela urges us to Choose Hope, and reminds us that we can each make a difference.
Ron Ternoway: Trials of a WallieRon’s story, in slides, takes him through several treatments to a clinical trial that finally provided a measure of long-term success.
Murray Shaw: Cancer is my HobbyAs Murray tells it, his WM “is fascinating, time-consuming and important to me, but, like all hobbies, should not become an obsession”.
Lucie Martineau: Journey to Stem Cell TransplantAfter her difficult journey through and beyond a stem cell transplant, Lucie writes “one must sustain belief in oneself … the body and the mind make up a wonderful machine … listening to them can be most instructive”.
Michael Knowlton: Using the Power of VideoMichael and his wife look to inspire all those with a cancer diagnosis. Their production, a series of six videos, says “We CANcer-vive”.
Carol Joy Patterson: Spirit of HopeLearning from a life “punctuated by a cascade of medical events”, Carol advises that it is important to be a partner with your doctor. “It’s not just about finding the right medicine; it’s also about sustaining positive attitudes”, she writes.
Stu Boland: A Positive Attitude and a Healthy LifestyleStu relates his 18-year-and-counting journey with WM, and concludes: “Nothing is going to get in my way of striking things off my ‘bucket list'”.