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Graft-Versus-Host Disease After a Donor Transplant
A donor stem cell transplant can offer a path toward Cancer remission or treatment for another life-threatening disease. A bone marrow transplant uses donor stem cells collected from bone marrow. Any donor transplant can also bring a risk that feels confusing and frightening: graft-versus-host disease. Graft-versus-host disease doesn’t mean you…
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Finding Solace When Cancer Treatment Begins
The first treatment appointment can make time behave strangely. One moment you are listening to instructions, and the next you are wondering how your life became a list of scans, medications, and waiting rooms. Finding solace amid the chaos of beginning treatment does not mean pretending that everything is fine.…
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Finding Solace When Cancer Treatment Begins
The first treatment appointment can make time behave strangely. One moment you are listening to instructions, and the next you are wondering how your life became a list of scans, medications, and waiting rooms. Finding solace amid the chaos of beginning treatment does not mean pretending that everything is fine.…
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Finding Solace When Cancer Treatment Begins
The first treatment appointment can make time behave strangely. One moment you are listening to instructions, and the next you are wondering how your life became a list of scans, medications, and waiting rooms. Finding solace amid the chaos of beginning treatment does not mean pretending that everything is fine.…
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Sepsis Cancer Patients: Early Symptoms and When to Call 911
Looking for answers about sepsis during cancer care can leave you staring at a screen, trying to decide whether a fever is an emergency. That uncertainty can feel heavy, especially when treatment has already asked so much of you. Cancer itself and chemotherapy treatment can weaken the immune system. An…
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Cytokine Release Syndrome After CAR T-Cell Therapy
One number can change the plan after CAR T-cell therapy: 100.4 F (38.0 C). A sudden fever with chills may feel like another hard treatment day, yet it can be the first sign that you need prompt medical care. CAR T cell therapy is an immunotherapy and cancer treatment that…
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Unforeseen Lessons from Illness: Mastering Patience and Resilience
Unforeseen Lessons — What I Learned Through Being Sick — About Patience & Resilience I didn’t ask for patience and resilience. It came to me like an unexpected diagnosis, presented in someone else’s words. It arrived at a time I chose. Additionally, resilience arrived as well. Neither one came because…
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The Loneliness of Chronic Illness and How to Combat It
There is a specific kind of loneliness that chronic illness creates, and it isn’t the same as being alone. You can be surrounded by people who love you and still feel like you’re speaking a language no one else has learned. It’s the loneliness of explaining, again, why you canceled.…
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Cancer treatment’s toll on your body and mind
This guide will explore how you can exercise safely during cancer treatment. You’ll learn from pioneers in this field and how movement can support both your physical and mental health. Studies have shown that exercise during cancer care isn’t a new idea. It’s been backed by years of research proving…
