Latest Hsct Podcast Episodes
Licensed clinical oncology social worker Ailey Armstrong
Marrow Masters - December 18, 2023 23:25 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratings**Disclaimer: The information in this podcast should not be construed as medical advice. Please consult with your health care provider regarding your medical decisions and treatment. Any listed resources are not intended to be endorsements.** Ailey Armstrong, MSW, LICSW is a licensed clinical o...
Survivor, Speaker, and Author Gregory Proctor
Marrow Masters - December 18, 2023 23:20 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratings**Disclaimer: The information in this podcast should not be construed as medical advice. Please consult with your health care provider regarding your medical decisions and treatment. Any listed resources are not intended to be endorsements.** In today's episode of our podcast, we had the privil...
Multiple Myeloma Survivor Diane Raab
Marrow Masters - December 18, 2023 23:15 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratings**Disclaimer: The information in this podcast should not be construed as medical advice. Please consult with your health care provider regarding your medical decisions and treatment. Any listed resources are not intended to be endorsements.** Today we welcome Diane Raab, a remarkable survivor o...
Registered Dietitian Sue Hill on Food Safety
Marrow Masters - December 18, 2023 23:10 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratings**Disclaimer: The information in this podcast should not be construed as medical advice. Please consult with your health care provider regarding your medical decisions and treatment. Any listed resources are not intended to be endorsements.** In the podcast, Peggy welcomes Sue Hill, a registere...
Survivor Turned Advocate Alan Katz
Marrow Masters - December 18, 2023 23:05 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratings**Disclaimer: The information in this podcast should not be construed as medical advice. Please consult with your health care provider regarding your medical decisions and treatment. Any listed resources are not intended to be endorsements.** In today's episode, we had the privilege of speaking...
Caregiver Leila Zengel Shares Her Family's Experience
Marrow Masters - December 18, 2023 23:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratings**Disclaimer: The information in this podcast should not be construed as medical advice. Please consult with your health care provider regarding your medical decisions and treatment. Any listed resources are not intended to be endorsements.** In this podcast, Peggy converses with Leila Zengel, ...
Season 12 Trailer
Marrow Masters - December 08, 2023 14:43 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsWelcome to Season 12 of the Marrow Masters Podcast, brought to you by the National Bone Marrow Transplant Link, and sponsored by Sanofi. This season focuses on one critical question. "I'm home. Now what?" You'll hear candid stories and advice from survivors and caregivers. This season, you'll al...
Loriana Hernandez Armors Up For Life
Marrow Masters - August 31, 2023 10:25 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsLoriana Hernandez felt like she had it all. She'd been a news anchor all over the country whose profile had risen nationally. In her own words, she was a clean-eating, green-drinking, yoga enthusiast. She had a two-year-old son, and was in the midst of fertility treatment when her doctor noti...
Author Peter Gordon and The Long Road Onward
Marrow Masters - August 31, 2023 10:20 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsPeter Gordon is no stranger to the National Bone Marrow Transplant Link. The author of "Six Years and Counting: Love, Leukemia, and the Long Road Onward" was very well received at our book club. Today you'll hear his story. In 2008, this avid outdoorsman was living in the White Mountains of ...
Future Social Worker Sharde Fultz Pays It Forward
Marrow Masters - August 31, 2023 10:15 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsWe first met the incredible Sharde Fultz in our very first season of Marrow Masters, back in 2019. We wanted to reconnect with her as one our our "survivors who thrive" this season. In 2009, Sharde was a college student, living on campus as a dance major with big dreams. Then she was diagnose...
Patient Turned Fundraiser Mike Rubin
Marrow Masters - August 31, 2023 10:10 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsAs a patient, Mike Rubin was at the forefront of bone marrow transplants when he received one in 1987 at the age of 24. Today, he serves a director of philanthropic gifts for the very place he received his transplant - Seattle's Fred Hutch Cancer Center. In the mid 80's, Mike was diagnosed wit...
Survivor Turned Nurse Molly Pratt
Marrow Masters - August 31, 2023 10:05 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsAs a child, Molly Pratt had a fear of medical facilities. Today, you'll hear how her perspective changed. She's now a BSN, RN in Pediatrics at Beaumont Children's at Corewell Health's Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan. Molly was an active 16 year-old high school student when she was diag...
Cancer Survivor Turned Social Work Professor Dr. Bradley Zebrack
Marrow Masters - August 31, 2023 10:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsDr. Brad Zebrack is not only an incredible social worker who specializes in oncology but he is survivor himself. Brad was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma, at the age of 25, back in 1989. We spend some time on the term "survivor" - 40 years ago it referred to the family members left behind w...
Season 11 Trailer: Survivors Who Thrive
Marrow Masters - August 28, 2023 15:26 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsWelcome to Marrow Masters Season 11, sponsored by The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and Sanofi. The National Bone Marrow Transplant Link, established in 1992 strives to help patients, caregivers and families cope with the psychosocial challenges of bone marrow/stem cell transplant from diagnosis ...
A better understanding of GVHD with Occupational Therapist Melora Rennie, OTR/L, CLT-LANA
Marrow Masters - June 22, 2023 10:25 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsAs this season focuses on Graft Versus Host Disease (GVHD), we thought we would start with the basics. Today we welcome Melora Rennie, OTR/L, CLT-LANA, an Occupational Therapist from the blood and marrow transplant unit at Northside Hospital in Atlanta. She helps patients who are battling vari...
Four Time Transplant Survivor Jim Bond On Why It Was All Worth It
Marrow Masters - June 22, 2023 10:20 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsIt's hard not to be inspired by the story of today's guest. Jim Bond is a four-time transplant survivor, dating back to his first transplant in 1993, following his 1992 diagnosis.. He's participated in a life-saving clinical trial. In 2002, he was running out of options after his third transp...
Dr. Matt Kalaycio on the Importance of GVHD Clinical Trials
Marrow Masters - June 22, 2023 10:15 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsDr. Matt Kalaycio is the Vice Chairman of the Taussig Cancer Institute at the Cleveland Clinic. He joins us today to talk about clinical trials - the hope they bring, the lives they save, and why they are so important in regards to Graft Versus Host Disease. For example, the popular GVHD drugs...
"Walking Miracle" and AML Survivor Rhonda Frederick Stewart
Marrow Masters - June 22, 2023 10:10 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsRhonda Frederick Stewart has been through it all. She was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in 2012. Her chemo treatment likely led to acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Later, she developed both a brain bleed and an aneurism. Today, she takes us through her journey of survivorship and insp...
Dr. Andy Harris on the Challenges Facing Young Patients with cGVHD
Marrow Masters - June 22, 2023 10:05 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsDr. Andy Harris was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) when he was a 19 year old pre-med college student. After receiving lifesaving care at the University of Michigan, he vowed to pay it forward. Now he works with young people at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York. T...
Barbara Abernathy, PhD, Pediatric Support and Navigating GVHD & Survivorship
Marrow Masters - June 22, 2023 10:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsDr. Barbara Abernathy is the President and CEO of The Pediatric Oncology Support Team, (POST) serving South Florida. She was already working at POST, helping pediatric cancer patients and their families, when she herself was diagnosed with Polycythemia Vera, a blood cancer, in 1996. She kept h...
Season 10 Trailer
Marrow Masters - June 13, 2023 18:36 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsSEASON 10 OF MARROW MASTERS WILL BE OUT ON THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 2023! Welcome to Marrow Masters Season 10, sponsored by Pharmacylics and Janssen, and Incyte. The National Bone Marrow Transplant Link, established in 1992, strives to help patients, caregivers, and families cope with the psychosocia...
MS Warrior Podcast Ep 11 (Alison/Cookbook)
MS Warrior Podcast - April 17, 2023 15:00 - 29 minutesThey say that everyone has a book in them, but I never thought I’d write a book at all - let alone a cookbook! Writing 'The Neutropenic Cookbook' has been a journey - a long one at that - but I'm excited to finally share it with the world. It has definitely been a labour of love. I really hop...
Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Survivor Kate Arnold's Top Tips
Marrow Masters - December 14, 2022 23:55 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsKate Arnold underwent a stem cell transplant for Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma 12 years ago. She joins us today to discuss her best survivorship tips for every step of the process. First, you need a goal--- a "why." For Kate, she wanted to get her young daughters through high school. Today, they are...
Preserving Fertility Through Cancer Treatment
Marrow Masters - December 14, 2022 23:55 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsThis is a special episode of the Marrow Masters Podcast. Not only do we have two guests, but we are also diving into a very important topic that isn't often discussed. When you're facing transplant, fertility may be the furthest thing from your mind. But chemotherapy, radiation, and other t...
AML Survivor Lela Prewitt Talks GVHD Tips
Marrow Masters - December 14, 2022 23:54 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsLela Prewitt was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) n February of 2021. She walks us through her diagnosis and transplant process. This includes having to move with her wife from their small community to Seattle, so they could have access to the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, also kno...
Pediatric Patient Care, with Retired PA Nancy Robey
Marrow Masters - December 14, 2022 23:54 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsNancy Robey spent 34 years as a Physicians Assistant at Johns Hopkins in Maryland. Now retired, she has a wealth of experience with pediatric transplant patients. She's here today to offer her tips and best practices to care for them. In the pediatric transplant world, the procedure may be for...
Caregiver Tina Masters-Odum Keeps Hunter's Battle Alive
Marrow Masters - December 14, 2022 23:54 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsTina Masters-Odum recently lost her husband after being his caregiver for over 12 years. Today, she honors his legacy by sharing her best caregiver and survivorship tips. We start with what you need to know at the beginning of this process. It can be easy to experience information overload. B...
Jermaine Reid's Spirituality Through AML
Marrow Masters - December 14, 2022 23:54 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsJermaine Reid of Georgia was playing a recreational basketball game when, all of a sudden, he couldn't catch his breath. Jermaine had not been to the doctor in quite some time and he knew something was wrong. Next thing you know, he was in the Bone Marrow Transplant Unit at Northside Hospital...
Information Specialist, Nurse and CML Survivor Becky Dame
Marrow Masters - December 14, 2022 23:54 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsToday we are joined by Becky Dame, currently an Information Specialist at The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, RN and Survivor. As Peggy says in the podcast, callers who end up talking to Becky must feel like they've hit the information jackpot. Becky is a chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) survivor w...
Season 9 Trailer: What I Wish I Knew Before Transplant
Marrow Masters - December 14, 2022 22:44 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsSeason 9 of the Marrow Masters Podcast focuses on “what I wish I knew before transplant.” We’re featuring advice from caregivers, doctors, nurses, and survivors. The transplant journey doesn’t end in the hospital - it’s important to maintain a positive attitude when you come home, too. This sea...
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