Listen in as Guest Speaker, Shona Lovie, from The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) speaks with Sara Davenport, a young adult survivor and Blood Cancer panelist, onsite at CancerCon 2018 in Denver, Colorado. Having been diagnosed with thyroid cancer first and later with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, Sara talks about her journey, how she was introduced to The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, fertility, long- term and late effects of cancer treatment, and the importance of patience during one’s journey. Sara also shares how she combats ‘survivorship guilt’ with the decision to live a life that strives to understand and help others as a way to ‘pay it forward’ and honor those who have passed.

CancerCon is the annual, international gathering, organized by Stupid Cancer, that brings together patients, survivors, caregivers, advocates, and activists, along with oncology team professionals and the healthcare industry through a shared goal of improving young adult cancer health outcomes.

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Rachelle is a commercial actor, model, mother, wife and lymphoma survivor, who shares with Alicia and Lizette from The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) how her world changed after an annual visit to her OBGYN doctor.  A lump which she attributed to one of the effects of pregnancy, ended up being something she never would have imagined. Having lost her father to kidney cancer, her approach to her follicular lymphoma diagnosis is one that intends to reframe the outlook of a cancer diagnosis. She shares her shock when receiving the news, the importance of taking all details regarding diagnosis and prognosis with a grain of salt, and why remaining hopeful is necessary. After hearing from her doctor that ‘stress can play a role in reoccurrence’, she has promised herself that she will face each day focusing on the things she loves, instead of living in fear of when or if cancer will return.

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Being diagnosed with a blood cancer can be overwhelming. On this episode, Alicia and Lizette from The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) speak with David, a diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) survivor, and Dr. John Leonard from Weill Cornell Medical College about David’s lymphoma diagnosis. David and Dr. Leonard share helpful information for both newly-diagnosed and long-term survivors.

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