Columns

December 9, 2019December 5, 2019

Lighter Days Are Around the Corner

Columns, Life After Lymphoma: A Young Warrior's Guide to Recovery - a Column by Michelle Raphaella Fredman

“Oh, by the way,” she said nonchalantly as I entered the room. “Your scans are clear.” “I’m sorry, what?” I stuttered in disbelief. Just like that, in a matter of ... Read more

November 4, 2019October 29, 2019

Nothing but Mammals: How Cancer Affects Sexual Health

Columns, Life After Lymphoma: A Young Warrior's Guide to Recovery - a Column by Michelle Raphaella Fredman

This week, I want to dive into a topic that’s not always at the top of the list during one’s oncology appointments. Yet it’s something that most of us do ... Read more

October 21, 2019October 17, 2019

Healing Through Feeling: Cancer and Mental Health

Columns, Life After Lymphoma: A Young Warrior's Guide to Recovery - a Column by Michelle Raphaella Fredman

Cancer scars our insides and outsides, but it’s hard to know which it affects more. Cancer affects the body, but the impact of treatment — from chemotherapy to radiotherapy to ... Read more

September 30, 2019September 26, 2019

Cancer Changed the Direction of My Life

Columns, Life After Lymphoma: A Young Warrior's Guide to Recovery - a Column by Michelle Raphaella Fredman

I never knew what I wanted to do with my life. In fact, I’ve always been blatantly envious of people who do. I came from a family of nomadic artists, ... Read more

September 16, 2019September 11, 2019

Being Reborn: My Stem Cell Transplant Journey

Columns, Life After Lymphoma: A Young Warrior's Guide to Recovery - a Column by Michelle Raphaella Fredman

It seems like years have passed since I published a column. In reality, it’s been less than two months. But as we know, life can change pretty drastically over the ... Read more

September 13, 2019September 11, 2019

Real Awareness Means Understanding What Cancer Patients Experience

Columns, Things That Give Me Hope - a Column by Bob McEachern

We’re right in the middle of Lymphoma Awareness Month. I’ve always had kind of a funny relationship with it. It seems silly to remind me to be aware of something ... Read more

August 16, 2019August 14, 2019

Finding My ‘Big Lymphoma Family’

Columns, Things That Give Me Hope - a Column by Bob McEachern

Cancer has a way of isolating us. Friends and family can be supportive, but sometimes they don’t understand what you’re going through. I have found that it helps to think ... Read more

July 22, 2019July 18, 2019

Making It Over the Metaphorical Mountain

Columns, Life After Lymphoma: A Young Warrior's Guide to Recovery - a Column by Michelle Raphaella Fredman

There is a popular maxim that reads, “Things often get worse before they get better.” It’s one applied to various scenarios in life, but for those of us going through ... Read more

July 12, 2019July 10, 2019

We Can Change Back

Columns, Things That Give Me Hope - a Column by Bob McEachern

I had my six-month checkup with the oncologist a couple of weeks ago. I won’t keep you in suspense: My follicular lymphoma is stable, and things look good. But it ... Read more

June 14, 2019June 12, 2019

Daffodils Amid the Thorns of Cancer: More Lessons from the Blackberry Patch

Columns, Things That Give Me Hope - a Column by Bob McEachern

About a year ago, I wrote about the blackberry patch in my yard. It’s a wild patch, probably started by a squirrel dropping a berry, and it’s full of thorns. ... Read more