#leukemia

Drink the Purple Kool-Aid

Its Saturday morning. Usually, when I am in Halifax, I am out running with my Team in Training for the LLSC (Leukaemia and Lymphoma...

Dr Tanya Keough

Jul 21, 20182 min read

I knew something was just not right, though it happened so fast I didn't have time to even appreciate the seriousness of the situation....

Dr Tanya Keough

Jul 14, 20183 min read

I once "tried" to attend a support group in the small town I was residing in New Zealand. I say I "tried" because it wasn't an uplifting,...

Dr Tanya Keough

Jul 9, 20183 min read

We ask questions out of curiosity, in order to educate ourselves, sometimes to just to put our mind at ease, or on the contrary, when we...

Tanya Keough

Jul 7, 20183 min read

I was ready. As ready as one can be to start a six month, three drug chemotherapy regimen. Mentally, I was informed, focused on my first...

Tanya Keough

Jun 5, 20182 min read

Wowza. Day 3, I'm doin' it. Nightly injections, minimal caffeine, no wine, just preparation. I'm feeling good, though as I write this...

Tanya Keough

Nov 26, 20171 min read

Many times over my life I've been in situations or circumstances that I had read about or heard others enduring, over and over again...

Tanya Keough

Nov 21, 20172 min read

February 3 has had a significant impact on my life for 19 years. It is the day I lost my mother to suicide at 15 years old. It changed my...

Tanya Keough

Feb 5, 20176 min read