Columns

June 3, 2019May 23, 2019

The Existential Clarity that Comes with Traveling with Cancer

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

“Hi there … I’m loving your travel pics. I really wish I was able to travel while going through treatment! How do you do it?” The little red notification glared ... Read more

May 10, 2019May 8, 2019

Famous Lymphoma Survivors Can Be Models for Hope

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

I don’t like to think about death, much less write about it. Over 11 years as a follicular lymphoma patient, I’ve gotten pretty good at not thinking about it. But ... Read more

April 22, 2019April 24, 2019

Getting Back Up Again

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

It’s been a tumultuous year so far (to say the least). I write this while lying sprawled out on a deck chair in the garden, watching as the African sun ... Read more

April 12, 2019April 11, 2019

Living In-between

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

I have been a follicular lymphoma patient since 2008. One of the strangest things about this disease is the kind of “in-between-ness” that it can put some patients into. You’re ... Read more

March 11, 2019March 8, 2019

Discovering the Power of Support

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

It’s a pretty well-known fact that having access to a support network is an essential tool for surviving any big life struggle. To have people to talk and relate to ... Read more

March 8, 2019March 7, 2019

The Thing with Feathers: Holding On to Hope for a Cancer Cure

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

My daughter’s high school English class is reading a poem by Emily Dickinson. It begins with: “’Hope’ is the thing with feathers.” I read the poem in high school, too. ... Read more

February 8, 2019February 5, 2019

The Joy of a New Oncologist

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

I seem to have bad luck with oncologists. I was diagnosed with follicular lymphoma a little over 11 years ago. But in the last five years, I have had five ... Read more

January 28, 2019January 24, 2019

Learning How to Own My Story

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

There’s this feeling I get sometimes when I wake up in the morning. For a moment, I forget about my shaved head, the picc line in my arm, and the ... Read more

January 11, 2019January 10, 2019

Happy ‘Diagnosiversary’ to Me

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

On Jan. 15, I celebrate my “diagnosiversary” marking 11 years since my follicular lymphoma (FL) diagnosis. This one is special. When diagnosed, I read that the median survival for FL patients ... Read more

January 7, 2019January 3, 2019

Cancer, Intimacy, and Dating

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

Lately, I’ve been struggling to write. It’s been hard to even type a full sentence due to my complete inability to concentrate. They call this mental fatigue “chemo brain.” Yet ... Read more