Abstract Background Exercise therapy during cancer treatment reduces symptom burden and improves quality of life (QoL). Polycythemia vera (PV) is a myeloproliferative neoplasia associated with good overall survival (up to decades) but a significant symptom burden, including thromboembolic events and dysesthesias. There are no specific exercise recommendations for patients with PV. Thus, we aimed to […]
06: My Plan to beat Coronavirus Blues
MPN Chronicles Podcast by David Wallace I started 2020 with a goal to lose weight before the pandemic reared its ugly head. I changed the way I was eating, lobbied my hematologist for a change in PV meds (no more Rux/Peg combo, just Pegasys) and I started walking again. When Covid hit, I decided to […]
MPN Facebook Group Leader, Patient Advocate Spotlight
Tips on Living with MPN – Reflections on 2020 by Christine Kennedy As the New Year is under way, its a time of reflection. MPN are an evolving disease. The difference in the years of running MPN groups has shown in what were arguments into basic knowledge of diagnoses. The arguments of diagnoses have settled […]
05: Tips to Living Well with an MPN
MPN Chronicles Podcast – 05, Tips to healthy living with a Myeloproliferative Neoplasm by David Wallace It’s important for us, as patients to do everything we can naturally to help our body fight MPNs. Here are a few tips: • Eating right, a balanced diet is especially important if you have an MPN as eating […]
Spotlight on MPN Life
Publisher’s Note: PV Reporter will spotlight organizations and online MPN support groups from time to time that have a unique message to share and help MPN patients as well. I have known Jeremy since I first got involved in the Facebook Support Groups 9 years ago. He had a positive influence on me personally and […]