Fight strongly, fight beautifully, fight for a cure.
Fight strongly, fight beautifully, fight for a cure.
Imagine living your life to the fullest, and then one day you receive news that stops you in your tracks.
“Your blood counts are similar to an individual who has Leukemia.”
These are the words that caused my family’s life to come to a screeching halt. My mother had been diagnosed with AML Leukemia. Why us? How was this possible? Where do we go from here? Numb and confused, my mother grabbed our hands and pushed on. By her side, we watched as she started chemotherapy treatments and received the news that for her to survive, she would need a bone marrow transplant.
In November 2023, I was able to give my mother the gift of life that she had given me 37 years prior. I was a match for her transplant procedure. Again, my mother grabbed our hands and we pushed on. Mentally and emotionally drained, we watched my mother battle Leukemia side by side with others suffering from this disease as well.
After 100 days at Memorial Sloan Kettering, my mother was able to come home to Guilderland, N.Y. where she continues her recovery post-transplant in the hopes of living a healthy life.
This time, I grabbed my mother by the hand and we pushed on. By doing so I have become an advocate for her care and for all those suffering from a blood cancer diagnosis. My mother has in many ways just begun to fight. There are many who do not have the opportunity to fight as their condition has not given them many options.
I have stepped up to the plate to run for Visionary of the Year to represent the fighters of blood cancer , like my mother, alongside Leukemia and Lymphoma society. Everyone diagnosed deserves a chance to fight. I have taken my mother’s strength and determination to use it in this campaign. Leukemia has met its match.
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2024 LLS Visionary of the Year campaign
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