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August 17, 2020August 13, 2020

Reflections on My ‘Re-birthday’ and the Past Year of Recovery

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

By the time this column is published, the one-year anniversary of my lifesaving stem cell transplant will have come and gone. But as I sit here sweating away in the ... 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

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

August 10, 2018August 9, 2018

Hope Matters As I Celebrate My 10-Year ‘Diagnosiversary’

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

Last January, I celebrated my 10-year “diagnosiversary.” I received a diagnosis of follicular lymphoma, a slow-growing, but incurable blood cancer on Jan. 15, 2008. My diagnosiversary is always a celebration. ... Read more