Practical guidance for the early days of a childhood cancer diagnosis.
A clear, parent-centered look at CAR T-cell therapy.
Personal writing and reflections beyond science and timelines.
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Five years post-CAR-T, a leukemia survivor takes the stage at a clinical trial event. What survival sounds like when the science that saved you fills the room.
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It’s the dog days of summer over here. Long stretches of hotter than hot days that bleed into evenings where the sun never seems to set. The boys spent the last couple weeks in the upper peninsula of Michigan, more…
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In 2021, when our cancer path led us across the country for trial medicine, our family was forced to adjust. Suburban living to a sky rise apartment. From a minivan driven around an expansive Target parking lot to crazy Uber…
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For Beau’s 14th birthday, we took the party to the Witowski Lab – the team that made his survival possible. There was a cricket bat, a “Yay, Science!” poster, and a game of pin the CAR T cell on the…
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Stopping the Nausea Spiral A quick bit on nausea. As any patient would attest, it is one of the biggest barriers to eating during cancer treatment. What is less understood: when blood sugar swings, nausea gets worse. When nausea gets…
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My People, in Europe Last week, I recorded a 2-minute video for the EASYGEN consortium. They’re working over in Europe, building optimized workflows for CAR-T manufacturing, trying to get this life-saving therapy closer to patients, faster, more affordable, more accessible.…
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What does it mean to leave one child to help another heal? A pediatric cancer family shares the reality of trial medicine, sibling separation, and choosing to keep showing up.
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Red light therapy lives just outside standard medical protocols, but has quietly become part of our routine. Here’s what it is, what it can and can’t do, and how we use it for thyroid support, injury recovery, and illness.
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Hi, I’m Betsy. I’m a cancer mom who’s navigated grief, logistics, hope, and everything in between. This site exists because I needed it once — and maybe you do too.
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