CLL patient: My spouse, my caregiver

BY Harley Hudson

Perhaps the hardest thing a spouse can do is become a caregiver for their other half. This may sound absurd since we all agreed to "for better or for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health 'til death do us part."

Still, the task is not easy. I've been a caregiver, and I've been a patient. I believe being a caregiver is the more difficult task.

Throughout our marriage, my wife Melanie and I...

Harley Hudson

How an oligodendroglioma survivor is giving back

BY MD Anderson

Oligodendroglioma survivor Mike Givens has been a dedicated fundraiser and philanthropist for many years. But it wasn't until after his second...

How a myelodysplastic syndrome survivor found strength

BY MD Anderson

Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) survivor Rani Kabra and her husband, Tej, cried as they crossed the finish line together at the 2014 BP MS 150...

More than a thoracic surgeon: Reza Mehran, M.D., cancer survivor and old-fashioned adventurer

BY Madylan Eskridge

When Reza Mehran, M.D., isn't in the operating room, he's flying a twin engine plane or helicopter. When he's not taking to the skies, he...

Non-Hodgkin lymphoma survivor: 'Life is precious, and I'm living it'

BY Jennifer Ponce

Nearly eight years ago, I rang the bell at MD Anderson, signifying the end of my stage II, large b-cell, Non-Hodgkin lymphoma treatment.

8th grade science teacher and Hodgkin's lymphoma patient receives support from students

BY Kellie Bramlet

Shortly after Marshall and Ashley Lauen celebrated their wedding, Marshall started feeling fatigue, losing weight and was experiencing trouble...

Lung cancer survivor: 'Everything changes after cancer'

BY Kellie Bramlet

The scan that showed Pamela Bowman's broken pelvis -- the painful result of an afternoon of ice skating with her grandchildren -- also revealed...

Ovarian cancer patient: 'There's always hope'

BY Sarah Watson

Diana Chow calls herself a woman with options even though she has stage IV high-grade serous ovarian cancer. She gives credit for this positive...

'Super Bowl of life': Prostate cancer patient gets the gift of more time

BY Sarah Watson

"You can't let a problem contain you. You have to contain the problem." That's Donald Lowd's motto.

So the Air Force veteran...