Paul Goodman, a filmmaker and 2x cancer survivor shares his cancer journey with the Blood and Platelets Podcast. Thank you, Paul for joining us and sharing your amazing story of strength and perseverance with us ..read more

After a bit of a hiatus, Brandon, Alex and Krissy are back and ready to spread those cancer killing, survivor inspired good vibes. But we're changing it up a bit, expanding our circle beyond our three cancer surviving stories and will be hosting guests each new episode to share their story and experience with the goal of spreading healing vibes and helping others in need of support.  Our first guest back is Krishna, who, has a very similar story to Krissy's.  You can tell in this episode how much they have in common in terms of their cancer journey, and much they vibed out during the ..read more

In this episode, Alex, Brandon and Krissy discuss living in a pandemic and what it has taught us as cancer survivors.   Thank you to everyone for the support. Please give us 5 stars on iTunes, and share our podcast with friends, family, doctors, nurses...anyone.  Everyone has been touched by cancer in some way, and we hope by sharing our podcast, many other will be inspired and have HOPE.   Follow Us! Instagram: @Bloodandplateletspodcast YoutTube: Bloodandplateletspodcast  ..read more

In this Blood and Platelets Podcast Episode, Alex, Brandon and Krissy sit and speak with Susan, Athena, and Chris from A3M.  A3M’s vision is to grow and diversify the Be The Match Registry through  focusing on marrow donor recruitment within various ethnic communities,  therefore increasing the likelihood of patients finding a marrow match.   A3M holds a soft spot in Alex, Brandon, and Krissy's hearts.  They wanted to share the amazing work A3M does and to help motivate individuals to register as a donor.   If you would like to know more about A3M, please visit th ..read more

In this episode Alex, Brandon and Krissy talk about caregivers. How do people give care to patients? How can people provide care? How can they provide help? How can they be active for the patient?  Being a caregiver can be overwhelming and scary. We hopefully ease some of these fears in this episode ..read more

In this episode, Alex, Brandon and Krissy take it back to the basics and help define and explain some of the medical jargon doctors and nurses throw at you when going through cancer treatment and transplants.   Thank you to everyone who had an input in this episode.  We apologize if we didn't see your comments in time for the episode, but we will definitely bring them up in a later episode.   Again, thank you for the support. Please share our podcast with friends, family, doctors, nurses...anyone.  Everyone has been touched by cancer in some way and we hope by sharing our p ..read more

In this episode, Krissy, Brandon and Alex talk about being in the “process” of recovery and what strategies they each are using to live a “normal” life post transplant. They talk about everything from meditation, affirmations to neuroplasticity.   If you would like to share your  thoughts, emotions, or episode ideas, please email us at bloodandplateletspodcast@gmail.com or DM us on Instagram @bloodandplateletspodcast ..read more

In this episode, we talk about how to stay  mentally strong during and after treatment. The three of us definitely have our own strategies, but at the end of the day we all agreed being  mentally strong is by far the greatest medicine for survivorship.   If you would like to share your  thoughts, emotions, or episode ideas, please email us at bloodandplateletspodcast@gmail.com or DM us on Instagram @bloodandplateletspodcast ..read more

In this second of three part episode, Brandon reflects back at his diagnosis 19 years ago and how he won the "life lotto"when he and his family find out that his mom was a 100% bone marrow match.   If you would like to share your thoughts, emotions, or would like to share episode ideas, please DM us on our Instagram @bloodandplateletspodcast or email at bloodandplateletspodcast@gmail.com  ..read more

In this final part, Krissy talks about her emotional roller coaster of a story. Starting at age 15, Krissy developed an auto immune disorder which later turned into a life threatening disease which required her to have a stem cell transplant.  If you would like to share your  thoughts, emotions, or episode ideas, please email us at bloodandplateletspodcast@gmail.com or DM us on Instagram @bloodandplateletspodcast  ..read more