Anjenatte: Navigating the challenges of living with leukemia. Patient Stories Series (No. 51) Anjenatte G. Caño is devoted to her family, especially her husband, Carl Vincent, and their two young daughters, Francent and Jascent. Like many mothers, much of her life revolved around caring for her children and keeping their home. She never imagined that an illness would one day make even the simplest of these responsibilities a struggle. It began with symptoms that seemed ordina

There are few words that can change the course of a life as quickly as: “You have leukemia.” Alvin Uy knows this firsthand. In 2023, Alvin was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (AML)—a diagnosis that immediately changed the way he looked at time, family, work, and even something as ordinary as a blood test. What followed was a grueling period of treatment and months of confinement. Chemotherapy, radiation, blood and platelet transfusions, uncertainty, and physical exhaust