Before proposing to Katie, I couldn't stop thinking about how the proposal would align with my cancer diagnosis and the uncertainty of my future.

Katie and I had been dating long-distance for two-and-a-half years while she attended graduate school in San Antonio.

Even though I was about to start a clinical trial for chronic myeloid leukemia, I was excited to ask Katie to marry me.

On January 14, 2012, amidst...