Hi! I'm Cadence

I was diagnosed with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia on February 12, 2018. This is my story.

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  • Hardest Update Yet

    Hey guys!The latest update is the hardest one so far.  After three months of taking pauses from treatment and reducing the dosage of my TKI several times, we’ve been unable to stabilize my blood counts. While this is a common side effect of this type of treatment- stopping treatment for…

  • Bumps in the road

    Hey guys! ? Things are still going well but a bit bumpy. After a two week break from sprycel treatment, my counts didn’t recover the way we had hoped so I started again last week at a half dose. As a side effect to treatment I’m experiencing Moderate neutropenia which is a…

  • Mexico Update

    Hi Folks!Just wanted to leave a quick note to say things are going really well in my world right now.  We just had a lovely vacation in Mexico to celebrate Alicia and Taylor’s Wedding. It was so sunny and warm and I enjoyed missing the Ice Storm! Treatment for my…

  • CML Treatment update

    Hello Friends!It’s been a while since I posted so here is a little update:) I started my Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor treatment for Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia via Sprycel on March 2nd and was able to cut my White Cell Counts in half in the first ten days and bring my platelet…

  • What the EFF is CML?

    Hi Friends!  I firstly wanted to say thank you so much to everyone that reached out to me with support and love via comments, calls and messages. It was truly overwhelming and I am so grateful that I have such an incredible support system amongst my friends, family and music…

  • No Fear

    I’ve been pretty quiet the last few weeks. They’ve been hard and it’s been a roller coaster and at first I wasn’t really sure what to say, what to think or how to react. I guess I’m still really not.  A month ago I said I would be going to…