A Caregiver's Inspirational Journey Through Cancer
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Multiple Myeloma on Jun 12th, 2012
“Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal.” ― a headstone in Ireland This past week we lost two in Myelomaville. Actually we lost more, as I read on FB, but these two many of us had come to know through their blog musings. Sean Tiernan and Paula […]
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Our Life on Jun 2nd, 2012
“Being happy doesn’t mean that everything is perfect. It means that you’ve decided to look beyond the imperfections.” – Unknown Wow! Once again I am absent from blogging for too long! But… rest assured I have been busy, good busy, with both my life and with things in Myelomaville. So much to catch you up on. […]
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Misc, Multiple Myeloma on May 11th, 2012
“An identity would seem to be arrived at by the way in which the person faces and uses his experience.” – James Baldwin Indeed. All that I am comes from all that I have been, places I’ve visited and lived, people I have met along my life’s journey. Early on in my life, I was the […]
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Misc on May 5th, 2012
“Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force – that thoughts rule the world.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson This was running around FaceBook and I just love it. These are really a great list of things to work on! Get busy! 0
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Misc, Multiple Myeloma on May 5th, 2012
“Anniversary: The annually recurring date of a past event, especially one of historical, national, or personal importance.” – American Heritage Dictionary With cancer being so prevalent in our society today, it seems as though I can be in a room full of people and at least a third of them have had cancer and the […]
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Misc, Multiple Myeloma on May 4th, 2012
“Each person’s life is lived as a series of conversations.” – Deborah Tannen Well, while I’m waiting for my friends to send me the photos from our trip out to a small Alpaca farm for a day of sheering… I thought I would dialog a bit about how the last several days I find myself talking […]
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Caregiver Tips, Our Life on Apr 25th, 2012
“You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.” – Brian Tracy Needing or asking for help from others often pushes us way outside our comfort zone. We are the ones […]
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Caregiver Tips, Multiple Myeloma on Apr 24th, 2012
“Fear is only as deep as the mind allows.” – Japanese Proverb There are times that a topic seems to speak to me with a mega phone. It comes from various sources and begins to clobber me over the head as something that needs to be spoken out loud, and in my case, written here, hitting […]
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Kids, Misc, Our Life on Apr 23rd, 2012
“There is no such thing in anyone’s life as an unimportant day.” – Alexander Woollcott, American Author Wowsa! What a trip! I was gone for about 11 days traveling back east to visit with our daughter Montana. Dave flew to Baltimore after his business meetings in Rochester and we had a fast and furious weekend […]
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Kids, Our Life on Apr 5th, 2012
“Families are like fudge – mostly sweet with a few nuts.” ~Author Unknown I haven’t posted in a while!!! Been swamped with life! A good thing in Myelomaville. So know when I’m absent for a while things are probably going gang busters! We have had a lot going on of late. Dave finally got over […]
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Misc, Multiple Myeloma on Mar 20th, 2012
“There are three side effects of acid: enhanced long-term memory, decreased short-term memory, and I forget the third.” – Timothy Leary For those of us through treatment – been there, done that. The long list of potential side effects from the treatment to combat myeloma is long and scary. For those newly on this road, […]
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts on Mar 15th, 2012
“You can’t change the past, but you can ruin the present by worrying about the future.” – Anonymous Sometimes I just don’t have anything to write about that I feel is worthy of a post. It’s not that there aren’t things going on, it’s just, you know, sometimes I think my standards are too high to bore you […]
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Misc, Multiple Myeloma on Mar 7th, 2012
An e-patient (also known as Internet patient, or Internet-savvy patient) is a health consumer who uses the Internet to gather information about a medical condition of particular interest to them, and who use electronic communication tools (including Web 2.0 tools) in coping with medical conditions. The term encompasses both those who seek online guidance for their own ailments and […]
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Misc, Our Life on Feb 26th, 2012
“I don’t mind because I was knitting and when I’m knitting, I’m happy.” My cousin Robin when I told her I had to pull out and restart my project. So much going on. Writing on the eight labyrinths backlogged all my other newsy stuff. Last week I had a Myeloma Meet-Up with some MM folks […]
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Multiple Myeloma on Feb 21st, 2012
“Take cover – it’s DEX DAY!” – Myeloma Caregivers joking around with each other on the subject of the steroid, Dexamethasone. Dexamethasone, is a love/hate relationship. It has clearly been shown to enhance the chemotherapy drugs myeloma patients are taking in all genre’s of treatment. That’s the love part, in case you’re wondering. But it’s […]
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Caregiver Tips, Misc on Feb 17th, 2012
“Being there and helping someone I love, in the leaving of their earthly body, was a profound gift that I was honored she allowed me to do for her. In many ways it was she who gave me the gift and not the other way around.” Lori Puente, on the death and dying of her […]
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Caregiver Tips, Misc on Feb 11th, 2012
“If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you are not afraid of dying, there is nothing you cannot achieve.” – Lao Tzu From Gail Sheehy’s Eight Labyrinths and the book Passages in Caregiving: . . . . . . . . . VII. The In-Between […]
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Caregiver Tips, Misc on Feb 10th, 2012
“The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the future, or not to anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.” – Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha) From Gail Sheehy’s Eight Labyrinths and the book Passages in Caregiving: . . . […]
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Multiple Myeloma on Feb 10th, 2012
“Courage isn’t the absence of fear; it’s the dealing with it.” From Gail Sheehy’s Eight Labyrinths and the book Passages in Caregiving: . . . . . . . . V. “I Can’t Do This Anymore!” You were convinced you could do it differently. You’d be fine. But one day, a year or two or […]
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Kids, Our Life on Feb 6th, 2012
“We’re here! Superrrrr Bowlllllllll!” – Text Dave has been blessed this year with a couple of companies that have gifted him with football tickets. We got two sets for the championship games with the San Francisco 49ers and then he couldn’t believe it when another company gave him two super bowl tickets! As luck would […]
