A Caregiver's Inspirational Journey Through Cancer
Posted in CB (CaringBridge), MM Chrono Journey on Jul 12th, 2009
CB #8 Wednesday, June 18, 2008 (late afternoon) After my conversation with Dave’s parents, I called Marilyn back and asked her to call them for me. She knows them and she knew Dave’s mother would take it very hard. She, like me, also knew, that Dave needed full support, infused with complete optimism and confidence […]
Posted in CB (CaringBridge), MM Chrono Journey on Jul 12th, 2009
CB #7 Wednesday, June 18, 2008 (late afternoon) We now knew what Dave had. It was Cancer. Multiple Myeloma. I learned it was a blood cancer. In the same family as Leukemia and Lymphoma. I later learned it was an “orphan disease“, comprising only 1% of all diagnosed Cancers and 14% of the blood cancers. […]
Posted in CB (CaringBridge), MM Chrono Journey on Jul 12th, 2009
CB #6 Wednesday, June 18, 2008 (afternoon) While I was getting a bite, changing clothes, picking up Dave’s car, I get a phone call from a dear, dear friend, Marilyn G, MD, Internal Medicine Extraordinaire! Hudson, our son, had driven over to her house and told her what was going on. Her son, Taylor and […]
Posted in CB (CaringBridge), MM Chrono Journey on Jul 12th, 2009
CB #5 Wednesday, June 18, 2008 My dear friend from my teenage days, Carmen, insisted on picking me up at the airport. Carmen and I go way back to when we were 15 years old. Her Dad and my Mom dated, that’s how we met. We have kept close in touch all these years and […]
Posted in CB (CaringBridge), MM Chrono Journey on Jul 12th, 2009
CB #4 Wednesday, June 18, 2008 As you know from my earlier post, that I got the definitive diagnosis on Dave when I landed in Vegas from my dear friend Jude. Dave has the “easiest” form of Myeloma to treat and he is expecting him to have a “full recovery”. Whew! Whatever the hell all […]
Posted in CB (CaringBridge), MM Chrono Journey on Jul 12th, 2009
CB #3 June 16, 17 & 18, 2008 As with many things in our lives, initially Dave was, “I’m fine. You don’t need to come. Let’s wait and see…” I hesitantly go off to work the next morning and within about 30 minutes, I have secured a flight, and started making arrangements to get out […]
Posted in CB (CaringBridge), MM Chrono Journey on Jul 12th, 2009
CB #2 June 16, 17, & 18, 2008 Clearly something was wrong, but I was very uneasy about a Radiologist making such a definitive diagnosis with no supporting data. His blood was fine, his urine was fine. He was getting admitted now and I was trying to make sure that paperwork was signed adhering to […]
Posted in CB (CaringBridge), MM Chrono Journey on Jul 12th, 2009
CB #1 Monday, June 16, 2008 “Lori?” “Yeah?” “It’s Sarah.” “Oh Hi Sarah, what’s up?” “Dave can’t get out of bed, his back.” “What?” “Yeah, he was supposed to go to Vegas this morning and he can’t get out of bed he’s in a lot of pain. I don’t know what to do. I could […]
