A Caregiver's Inspirational Journey Through Cancer
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Multiple Myeloma on Nov 28th, 2011
“I wouldn’t be alive except for you and Nick!” – Bruce Bertsche “No… it’s because your wife Jan called me.” – Lori This was the cute little banter Bruce and I would have from time to time when others were around and he would tell them of his story and how he got to Arkansas […]
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Misc, Our Life on Nov 18th, 2011
“It’s true, sometimes, when you’ve had a difficult day, or met difficult people, or been let down, disappointed, or heartbroken, it’s easy to completely forget the most important thing of all… You’re alive.” – Notes from the Universe (Mike Dooley) The quote doesn’t depict my mood, it came into me today and it conveys what […]
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Misc, Our Life on Oct 25th, 2011
“If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.” – Michel de Montaigne Dave and I have been married 30 years this year. As I have written in the past, we really stink at celebrating our anniversary and even our birthdays are a struggle. Last year […]
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Caregiver Tips, Misc on Oct 16th, 2011
“Gratitude is an art of painting an adversity into a lovely picture.” – Kak Sri It is not an easy task to find something good in the middle of a cancer diagnosis. As you travel down this path for a while, trust me, you will indeed find new and wonderful things. Hang in there. Here […]
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Misc, Multiple Myeloma on Oct 16th, 2011
“Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.” – Mark Twain Margaret over at Margaret’s Corner has written a small article clearing up the differences between Tumeric and Cucurmin when used for improving one’s health situation, which are often used interchangeably (by me as well!). She presented it in response to […]
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Misc on Oct 15th, 2011
“Two of the holy grails of medicine – stem cell technology and precision gene therapy – have been united for the first time in humans, say scientists.” – from article 0
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Multiple Myeloma on Oct 14th, 2011
Dave: “What do they say?” Lori (reading test reports): “Well, they say you get to live another 6 months.” Laughter from Dave, the Nurse, and our new Doc. All went well, as we expected. Dave is about as low risk as you can be and still have MM. We are monitored closely at home and […]
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Multiple Myeloma, Our Life on Oct 10th, 2011
“One day at a time–this is enough. Do not look back and grieve over the past for it is gone; and do not be troubled about the future, for it has not yet come. Live in the present, and make it so beautiful it will be worth remembering.” – Unknown I read once that depression […]
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts on Oct 5th, 2011
“Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose.” – Steve Jobs, Stanford Commencement Speech, 2005 I was a “Mac Girl” way back. But I didn’t get my hands on my very own Mac until 2007! Dave was a PC […]
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts on Sep 27th, 2011
“A new study has a message for doctors and nurses who fail to wash their hands: Don’t think about yourself. Think about your patients.” – Article I don’t know if you have noticed lately, but there has been a campaign going on to get healthcare providers to wash their hands in the hospital/clinic setting. 0
Posted in Caregiver Tips, Multiple Myeloma on Sep 19th, 2011
“The human spirit is stronger than anything that can happen to it.” -C.C. Scott Here’s the link to the blood cancer channel – and to my “Food Portion Trick” on WEGO Health TV’s new health channel. Another bright idea to bring patients and caregivers together online. 0
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Multiple Myeloma on Sep 14th, 2011
“When something bad happens you have three choices. You can either let it define you, let it destroy you, or you can let it strengthen you.” – Unknown I was having a tough morning, waking up with the realization that my beloved Kip is gone. No more perky head popping up to greet me when my feet roll […]
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Multiple Myeloma on Sep 13th, 2011
“It is easy to get a thousand prescriptions but hard to get one single remedy.” – Chinese Proverb Arnold Goodman, MD, MM patient, and relatively new columnist over at The Myeloma Beacon has written a very nice article today that you should take a look at. I’ve talked a bit in the past about how […]
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Kids, Our Life on Sep 8th, 2011
“The only fault I have ever found with dogs is that they don’t live as long as we do.” Jackie, My Dog Trainer First, Kip is still with us… I have had a hard week. Our beloved Kip is failing dramatically and I’m grieving terribly. Scrambling to see what is wrong and if it can […]
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Misc, Multiple Myeloma on Sep 6th, 2011
“Every day may not be good, but there’s something good in every day.” – Author Unknown A terrific post over at The Myeloma Beacon from one of my favorite MM Warriors and Writers, Sean Murray. Article Here I was privileged to meet Sean Murray in the flesh, in Arkansas. And of course as I began […]
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Multiple Myeloma on Sep 2nd, 2011
“You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage and with the best that you have to give.” – Eleanor Roosevelt What a GREAT day I had yesterday reading about some Multiple Myeloma Caregiver friends having great news to report. First, Jan, to your left there, wearing one […]
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Misc, Multiple Myeloma on Aug 28th, 2011
“Media, the plural of mediocrity.” – Jimmy Breslin Well the “chaos merchants” are at it again. Margaret has taken a pretty nice stab at the hub-bub. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t care what it is if they can get serious results and relief. But what I really liked about Margaret’s article actually had little to […]
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Multiple Myeloma on Aug 25th, 2011
“Everyone has a story, and Dave and I have ours.” – Lori Puente, Myeloma Caregiver I recorded “Our Story” for those of you interested in hearing it. It is “the talk” I give when asked, to offer hope and courage. It’s about 10+ minutes. I hope the link works for you. Love, Lori 0
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Multiple Myeloma on Aug 17th, 2011
“Quality of Life (QoL) is a phrase used to refer to an individual’s total wellbeing. This includes all emotional, social, and physical aspects of the individual’s life. However, when the phrase is used in reference to medicine and healthcare as Health Related Quality of Life, it refers to how the individual’s wellbeing may be impacted over time by a disease, a disability, or a disorder.” – Wikipedia I don’t […]
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Multiple Myeloma on Aug 5th, 2011
“There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great and no tonic so powerful as expectations of something better than tomorrow.” – Orioson Swett Marden Great article, “The Role of Autologous Stem Cell Transplant in Multiple Myeloma” over at The Myeloma Beacon authored by S. Vincent Rajkumar, M.D. (a professor of medicine at the Mayo Clinic […]
