A Caregiver's Inspirational Journey Through Cancer
Posted in Misc, Multiple Myeloma on Aug 23rd, 2011
“The only thing that saves us from the bureaucracy is its inefficiency.” – Eugene McCarthy OUR SAGA of sending Dave’s lab samples to Arkansas has finally, I hope, found it’s path from Dave’s blood/urine collection, to centrifuge, to shipment, to a lab somewhere on the campus of UAMS! As some of you may remember in past posts, […]
“Labradors [are] lousy watchdogs. They usually bark when there is a stranger about, but it is an expression of unmitigated joy at the chance to meet somebody new, not a warning.” – Norman Strung Kip and I survived the Vet visit. Great clinic, great recommendation, adorable puppies and dogs. A hopping place for a Sunny […]
“But there are advantages to being elected President. The day after I was elected, I had my high school grades classified Top Secret.” – Ronald Reagan I don’t know if this happens to all of you, but it happens to me – every fall. When I’m out and about seeing all the school supplies overstocked […]
Posted in Misc, Multiple Myeloma on Aug 11th, 2011
“Every truth passes through three stages before it is recognized. In the first it is ridiculed, in the second it is opposed, in the third it is regarded as self-evident.” – Arthur Schopenhauer Burzynski, The Movie The Documentary Channel David Emerson’s Story, A MM Patient You can watch it FREE HERE. Or HERE at YOUTUBE […]
Posted in Misc, Multiple Myeloma on Aug 11th, 2011
“I’m healthy and still in remission. I know this may not be a permanent condition, but I decided to declare victory and assume that I had won.” – unnamed patient fighting leukemia for 15 years. It seems it has been a bit of a banner couple of weeks in the research area of blood cancers. […]
Posted in Misc, Multiple Myeloma on Aug 5th, 2011
“Researchers Find Way to Help Donor Adult Blood Stem Cells Overcome Transplant Rejection” – Science Daily Article Margaret posted this story link over at the Multiple Myeloma Support Group (Facebook), which I continue to encourage you to join, that would be AMAZING if it pans out in reality. 0
“Scientists would like to know more about how cells work. But seeing what’s happening inside a cell isn’t easy. It’s dark in there, and even if you shine a light, many of the critical chemical reactions are invisible.” – Excerpt “Shining Lights (Literally) on the Workings of Cells” I have no idea if this will […]
“Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.” – Scott Adams I’ve been busy with a myriad of things of late and enjoying myself as well as feeling a tad overwhelmed. My new logo has been designed, courtesy of my former boss, dear friend, and Godfather to my […]
Posted in Misc on Jul 22nd, 2011
Excerpted rom Mother Nature Network: This morning the Environmental Working Group has released its 2011 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce. They gave us a list of the most recent Dirty Dozen fruits and vegetables, those with the heaviest pesticide residues. Apples are at the top of the list this year. The good news is that there […]
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Misc, Multiple Myeloma on Jul 20th, 2011
“Without a knowledge of mythology much of the elegant literature of our own language cannot be understood and appreciated.” – Thomas Bulfinch “Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.” – Carl Sagan A fellow TT-er and I were corresponding recently about an article we read and […]
Last night…. before it was really dark, we had quite a show in our backyard! We have known for some time we have owls in the BIG Valley Oak Trees in the undeveloped lot behind our house. We can hear them (screeching) and once in a while we see something really BIG flying about at […]
Posted in Misc on Jul 16th, 2011
This is cancer related and is delightfully sweet. 1
“The thing that most forget while dreamily looking off into the horizon for the ship of their dreams is that such ships never sail in, but are actually built beneath their very feet.” – Notes from the Universe (Mike Dooley) Boy sometimes I have just a flurry of MM activity to write about and then, […]
Posted in Misc, Multiple Myeloma, Our Life on Jul 8th, 2011
“The doors we open and close each day decide the lives we live.” – Flora Whittmore I haven’t had much to espouse about on the MM front, though that is not to say that a lot doesn’t continue to happen – good and bad. I enjoyed Sean Murray’s recent posting at The Beacon. Just to validate […]
Posted in Misc on Jun 29th, 2011
Hat Tip Hanna (Thank you Hanna!) I would put Dave Emerson in this category. His story is amazing. Enjoy and feel empowered. 1
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Misc on Jun 27th, 2011
“You know what your problem is, it’s that you haven’t seen enough movies – all of life’s riddles are answered in the movies.” – Steve Martin I don’t know that I agree with that entirely, but sometimes you do find enlightenment in a good movie, a great story, a book, song, a play, poetry – […]
Posted in Misc on Jun 25th, 2011
Hat tip Angie Murray 1
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Misc, Our Life on Jun 22nd, 2011
“Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose – a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.” – Mary Shelley Some days I find myself feeling a bit lost and lazy. Lord knows I have plenty that needs to get done around here but I don’t much feel like […]
“The I in illness is isolation, and the crucial letters in wellness are we.” – Unknown I very recently learned a friend that I don’t talk to often has cancer. She has known a long time and told no one in her family. She is now undergoing chemo and had to tell some of her family. She […]
Posted in Misc, Multiple Myeloma on Jun 14th, 2011
“…To overcome the anxiety associated with cancer and to foster patient participation, the MIRT has a longstanding open medical record policy; ie, patients have instantaneous and unlimited access to their own medical records.” Little Rock’s Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy (MIRT), at UAMS, founded and directed by Dr. Bart Barlogie as made the […]
