Karen Williamson was feeling well and looking forward to a trip to  Europe so it was a shock when she was diagnosed with leukemia. She spent  many months in the hospital being treated for the disease. Early on her  medical team told her she would need a stem cell transplant. Karen says  she was the process went relatively smoothly. However, she admits that  reading about what was going to happen did not do her any good. "What I  needed to do was take it one day at a time and trust my medical team."

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