Author: Gabby Sears
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Leukemia FAQs
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Things I Wish I’d Known When I was Diagnosed Hearing the words, “You have leukemia,” stops time. For a moment, the world continues spinning while you are stuck in a vacuum of confusion, fear, and medical jargon. When you are first diagnosed, your focus is entirely on survival. But once the initial shock wears off,…
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Join the Donor Registry, Change a Life.
Stem cell donors are often a patient’s only chance at a cure for leukemia. When a patient is initially diagnosed with leukemia, they are placed into a risk category based on the types of genetic mutations associated with their particular type of leukemia. Any patient who falls into the intermediate to high risk category is…