Leukemia

Patient Stories

Serious health conditions often make you feel like you're all alone. But you're not. Over the years, many patients from Seattle Cancer Care Alliance have shared their stories with us so that we may share them with you.

 

 

 

Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia Survivor, Joyce Miner

 

Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia Survivor, Joyce Miner

Doing nothing more than walking after dinner, Joyce Miner wondered if she were having a heart attack. But what she had was lymphocytic leukemia, Philadelphia chromosome positive (ALL Ph+).

 

Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Survivor, Oktar Babuna

 

Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Survivor, Oktar Babuna

When Oktar Babuna was diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, a 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."

 



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