ABOUT ME
I'm Karen. I was originally diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) in August 2004 when I was 10 years old. When I was working on my college and scholarship application essays a few years ago, I wrote about my journey. Although it was a rough few years, it became such an influential part of my life that I can't, and wouldn't want to, imagine my life without having had cancer. I called it the worst best thing that ever happened to me. I started this blog when I was diagnosed with ALL again in August 2013. |
BLOG
Check out my blog for updates on my life and my treatment! For those of you coming in in the middle of my story: After a recurrence of ALL in fall of 2013, I received a bone marrow transplant from my little sister that December. All was well until my 6 month bone marrow aspiration. I went on to a CAR T-cell trial at CHOP in 2014 and was in remission for a year. I relapsed again in September 2015 and went to NIH for a different T-cell trial at NIH. Six months later, I relapsed again. I received a second bone marrow transplant in August 2016. I use this blog to keep my friends and family updated and to hopefully provide other patients some comfort that they're not the only ones going through this journey. |
RESOURCES
Whether you're a fellow cancer patient, a friend/family member of a patient, or stumbled across my blog for some other reason, you may find some helpful information on here. My goal is to have something for everyone, whether you're looking to help another family or find an organization to support you through your cancer journey. |