Leukemia in the Blogosphere

A blog is a website with regular entries commonly organized in a reverse chronological order. Blogs can provide content and express opinion on healthcare that you can never find in a medical paper.



Webicina only shows you blogs from the best quality. We highlight if the blog:

• ...is accredited by HONcode (Health on the Net Foundation) which is a non-profit international organization promoting and guiding the deployment of useful and reliable online medical and health information, and its appropriate and efficient use.




• ...meets the rules of The Healthcare Blogger Code of Ethics (HBCE) which aims to give the readers of a medical blogger a clear idea of the standards by which the blog is maintained and to give bloggers a clear set of guidelines they can show employers, patients, or other concerned parties as to the nature of the blogging.




• And all the blogs comply with the HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ) rules. This US law defines in 18 identifiers what a medical blogger should never mention when writing about a patient's case.

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Baldy's Blog

• Author: Adrian Sudbury
• Description: A reporter for a British newspaper records his experiences as the only known person in the world fighting two distinct types of leukemia at once.
• Quality: On this blog, he shared his experiences of the disease and his treatment up until his passing.

Being Cancer: Networking People Transformed by Cancer

• Author: Dennis W. Pyritz, RN, BA, BSN
• Description: "My intention then for this blog was to create a community of people whose lives have been transformed by cancer. The intention for my writing is to stimulate emotion and thought, and to promote sharing of experiences and of what those experiences meant to our gifted and measured lives."
• Quality: A cancer networking site featuring a cancer book club, guest blogs, over 350 cancer resources and 650 cancer blogs.

Ben Fights Leukemia

• Author: Ben, Nicole and Scott
• Description: "Nicole and I started this blog to keep friends and family updated on Ben's fight against leukemia which began on May 8, 2007. "
• Quality: It has been updated for 3 years, has over 300 entries. The blog presents a leukemia patient's story.

Joe`s Leukemia Blog

• Author: Joe T.
• Description: "I'm just a regular Joe, with a regular job. I'm your average white, suburbanite slob. I like football, and movies and books about war. I have an average house, with a nice hardwood floor. With my wife, my job, my band and my car, my feet on my table."
• Quality: Clear contact information, and several blog entries containing useful resources for other patients.

Living with CML

• Author: Annie
• Description: "Living with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) in one of us is a challenge for all of us. These are my writings and coping from the point of view of mom.
• Quality: It has been updated for 5 years and also provides clear contact information.

My Blood Hates Me

• Author: Matt
• Description: "I was diagnosed on June 13, 2008 with a form of cancer called Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML). In short, this means I have a chromosomal abnormality that causes my bone marrow to produce too many white blood cells. This blog chronicles my personal experience with the disease. "
• Quality: It has been updated for 3 years, has clear contact information, and is ad-free.

Running for My Life: Fighting cancer one step at a time

• Author: Ronni Gordon
• Description: "A look at how running, tennis and other ways of keeping fit helped me fight leukemia, one step at a time. Thoughts on ways to cope with cancer and other illnesses and challenges. Recollections of a baby boomer, sometimes humorous and sometimes poignant."
• Quality: Best Literary Medical Weblog of 2008 awarded by Medgadget.com, internet jourrnal of emerging medical technologies.

The Adventures of BaldyLocks

• Author: BaldyLocks
• Description: "One girl's adventures through Chemotherapy Land and beyond. Her quest; to live and discover the new normal of life."
• Quality: It has been updated for 4 years, has contact information and is an ad-free blog.