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By Liliana Paez-Gallardo, as told to Jo Cavallo  / July 10, 2024

Having Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Took Away My Fear of Death

On May 30, 2017, 9 days before I turned 19 and soon after I had completed my sophomore year at college, I was diagnosed with aggressive acute lymphoblastic leukemia. But getting to the diagnosis was a tortuous process. I had been feeling fatigued and losing weight for several weeks prior to the...