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Samantha Mills

Ask around and you'll learn that leukemia is generally thought of as a childhood disease. A lot of people don't realize that many more adults than children develop leukemia and other blood cancers. What may be even more surprising to learn is how many people diagnosed with leukemia, Hodgkin lymphoma and non-Hodgkin lymphoma are young adults.

 

Yes, there's a population of young adults out there who have lives that include (alongside getting an education, dating, making career choices, getting married, having babies) chemo and radiation therapy, stem cell transplants, bone marrow biopsies and hair loss. A.K.A. life on the road to surviving cancer.

 

National Young Adult Cancer Awareness Week is raising awareness about the impact of cancer on young adults. Vital Options, a support and advocacy organization devoted to young adults with cancer, launched this annual event in April 2003. Since then, organizations like The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) have partnered with Vital Options to keep spreading the word.

 

If you are a young adult with a blood cancer, we encourage you to take advantage of our many online resources including:

 

  • LLS Blood Cancer Discussion Boards - Connect with your peers for valuable input and support.
  • RSS News Feeds and Podcasts - Get news and audio on a daily basis in your RSS reader.
  • National Education Programs - Register online for free telephone education programs where you'll have the opportunity to ask questions of our guest speakers. We also have an extensive archive of past programs in this area of our website.
  • Free Materials - Our materials range from information on the different blood cancers, to ways that you can cope with a blood cancer diagnosis. They are free to download or order.
  • eNewsletters - Subscribe to any or all of our monthly eNewsletters containing valuable news and updates.
  • Search for Cutting-Edge Research - Make sure you're exploring all of your treatment options by taking advantage of this online resource.
  • Information Resource Center - Chat online or email an information specialist who can put you in touch with even more information and support and help you find out about cutting-edge research.

 

Want to get involved? Learn about our different events and ways to volunteer through our How to Help section on www.LLS.org.

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Samantha Mills

Tell Us Your Story!

Posted by Samantha Mills May 9, 2008

First things first - we have a favor to ask of you! Consider sharing your story with us via our Tell Us Your Story contact form that we recently added to the website.

 

We have a lot of ways that we can keep in touch with our web visitors.

  • There is a great network of websites, including our main one, www.LLS.org.

  • There is this blog, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Blog.

  • We have regularly scheduled telephone education programs.

  • We also provide several e-newsletters that our visitors can subscribe to.

 

These are just a few ways that we can keep you informed online.

 

On top of the above communication channels, we recently decided that our online contacts need to read about the people who have been positively affected by The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS). Right now we have elements of this, but we decided to devote some of our emails with real stories of people who have been helped in some way by our work. These are people who are battling blood cancer, may be in remission, or caregivers taking care of someone with blood cancer. We haven’t sent any messages out yet, but if you are an opt-in contact* you should receive our first story soon.

 

What we’d really like is to hear from you so we can tell our contacts your story. Have you utilized any of our resources during or after diagnosis? Do you volunteer with us in any capacity? Do you participate in any of our events? If the answer is yes to any of these questions, please go to our Tell Us Your Story contact form and let us know your story.

 

If you don’t have a story you’d like to share, but you still want to contact us, I’d suggest using our main contact form so your question or comment can be routed to the appropriate staff person more quickly.

 

*An opt-in contact is someone who has agreed to be contacted via email by The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. This type of agreement can take place while you’re signing up for an e-newsletter or by filling out one of our online contact forms.

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