AML etc. by Brooke
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I was diagnosed with high-risk (Philadelphia positive) Acute Myeloid Leukemia(AML) at age 19 on June 18, 2015 and had a sibling matched allo BMT on September 24, 2015.
AML etc. by Brooke
5y ago
Fun fact: today is the 4th anniversary of my remission from AML.
I wish I had written this update around graduation, because it really was beautiful. A week later, my leg broke and since then things have been pretty hard. Fortunately, I wrote an article about graduating for St. Baldrick’s, so I’ll let that stand in for now. I’m really happy with the way this article came out, so honestly if you’re only going to read one thing I write today, that’s probably the better route than this blog post. Here is the article: Brooke Survives Cancer, Graduates Stanford – But Not Without A Lifetime’s Worth ..read more