My wife, Lorraine, is a 17-year breast cancer survivor, thanks to the treatment she received at MD Anderson in 2007. So, when I was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia at age 65 in 2018, there was no question about where I’d be going.
I’ve been in remission since early 2019, after completing four months of treatment at MD Anderson. So, MD Anderson has saved not only my wife’s life but also my own.
We are both incredibly...
My father died of hairy cell leukemia in 1980, when I was only 4. Before he passed away, he wrote me letters for every major milestone in...
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