Patient Stories
A serious health condition may make you feel like you’re all alone. But you’re not. Over the years, many of our patients have shared their stories with us at Seattle Cancer Care Alliance so that we may share them with you.
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Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia Survivor
Doing nothing more than walking after dinner, Joyce Miner wondered if she was having a heart attack. But what she had was lymphocytic leukemia, Philadelphia chromosome positive (ALL Ph+).
Leukemia Survivor
Anna Robinson is an acute myelogenous leukemia survivor after two bone marrow transplants.
CLL Survivor
Treated on a clinical trial, Richard Warburton lives with chronic lymphocytic leukemia—and expects to for many years to come.
ALL Survivor
Walter Harp is an ALL survivor, thanks to a bone marrow transplant at SCCA.
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Survivor
Jeffrey Davis is a chronic lymphocytic leukemia survivor treated at SCCA.
Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia Survivor
Katie Collier, sports star and acute promyelocytic leukemia survivor, is grateful to Seattle Cancer Care Alliance.
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Survivor
When Oktar Babuna was diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, the search for a bone marrow donor inspired 160,000 people to be tested. “SCCA does more (transplants) than any place in the world ... so I came here. And I’m glad I did.”
Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Survivor Diagnosed in 2005 with chronic phase CML, Ron Robbecke came to SCCA for treatment that normalized his blood counts within two months.
Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Survivor
Valerie Johnson is a CML survivor whose doctors in Sequim, Washington, worked with SCCA doctors for her treatment as part of SCCA’s Network services.
Acute Myelogenous Leukemia Survivor
When Danel Lawrence was hospitalized for months at age 15 with leukemia, friends wallpapered his hospital room with homemade posters of Britney Spears, made him 2,000 origami cranes and visited every day just to hang out.