Riding The Wave – Multiple Myeloma

Ronald Reagan, Jr. recently said, that he shadowed his father for a day during Presidential duties in his second term. Because his father had notecards while making phone calls, Ron, Jr. found this “troubling”, and as a result of that observation, has claimed that his father had Alzheimer’s in his second term. – Oh dear… […]

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“I learn from my patients each and every day… I feel thankful for what they give me.” – Dr. Anaissie I’ve not met Dr. Anaissie, but have heard of him and always in high regard. If you have, feel free to leave your comments about your experience. 0

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“If it weren’t for the fact that the TV set and the refrigerator are so far apart, some of us wouldn’t get any exercise at all.”  – Joey Adams We all know that exercise is important for our physical well-being and our mental & spiritual well-being. Dave was a champion racquetball player before he was […]

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“Normal marrow and other thoughts, including BBs opinion on the Revlimid scare” Nick’s Myeloma Blog Nick has written another in-depth, thoughtful, funny, great post. If you don’t follow Nick, and you have MM, you might like too. For those of you worried about Revlimid and secondary cancers, I think you would appreciate this post. And […]

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“How come anything you buy will go on sale next week?” – Erma Bombeck Gosh, I really miss Erma Bombeck! I could just sit and laugh reading her quotes all day long! When Dave got sick, it wasn’t in our grand plan. I suspect, quite confidently, it wasn’t in yours either. Nothing unique in that. […]

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When I very tentatively started this blog, I was sure that I had something to say, but I wasn’t sure I would have folks who found it helpful or interested. It was suggested, repeatedly, that I write a book. I’m not a writer and though I thought about it, and even started to “write”, I […]

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“It is by chance that we met, by choice that we became friends.” – Unknown Long story short. Jim and I met last year at a Myeloma event in Cambridge. We had both been invited and both were flying in from Sacramento, but didn’t know until the driver picked us up to drive us to the […]

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“It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life, that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Angie, a MM caregiver I met in Little Rock, asked me to write about caregiver fatigue. Instead, I’m going to write about the value of particular vitamins that are […]

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“Information is not knowledge.” – Albert Einstein Boy is that not the truth! I have many people who tell me all the time, how “knowledgeable” I am. I’m not, really. I just have a lot of “information”. I will pass it along to you, but its up to each of us to make sense of […]

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Calmac Original (Powder) 5 oz Calmac™ Original, a worldwide best seller and a long time favorite of our customers, supplies calcium and magnesium in a 3:1 ratio (450 mg calcium and 150 mg magnesium). Calcium is the most abundant mineral in the human body and is concentrated mostly in bones and teeth. Magnesium is essential […]

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An article I penned, posted over at The Myeloma Beacon on our experience with Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment (HBOT) and Dave’s Stem Cell Collection. 0

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“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.” – Carl Sagan I was pounding around this morning and found a paper that Huntsman Cancer Institute provided from the Journal of Clinical Oncology. I’m always grateful when someone will snag the entire paper and put it out there for our consumption. Often you can’t get your […]

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“Art is the stored honey of the human soul, gathered on wings of misery and travail.” – Theodore Dreiser, Life, Art, and America, 1917 Wowsa! An Indie movie is being made with a true backstory inspired by the writers’ friend who is battling Multiple Myeloma – Marcie Aboulafia. Her character is the mother of the […]

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“Success depends on the support of other people. The only hurdle between you and what you want to be is the support of other people.” – David Joseph Schwartz Shortly after Dave was diagnosed, and I had moved to California, he needed to go on a business trip. It was a driveable distance from our […]

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“One person caring about another represents life’s greatest value.” – Jim Rohn Lou writes a column called Birds in Spring for The Myeloma Beacon. He has such wonderful insights in many areas and its always a pleasure to read his latest musings. Caregivers are such an integral part of a Myeloma patient’s journey. His acknowledgement is […]

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Native American Indian Legend – A Cherokee Parable One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people. He said, “My son, the battle is between two wolves inside us all. One is Evil. It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false […]

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“Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.” – Dr. Seuss Often I will put up a post about a topic I have something to say about that came to me randomly. Someone wrote something, commented, alluded to it, and the light bulb goes off in my head, Oh I have something to […]

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This is a bit of ” blog housekeeping” for Technorati. Q8MFXDV9DJB6 0

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“Remember, you are an Essential Artist. Weaving is an essential art.” – Dena (our instructor) What she meant, essentially (ha ha couldn’t resist) is that there are some artistic endeavors that are essential to survival: clothing to wear, pottery to eat off of, etc. That we, as creative individuals are taking something we need and […]

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“It’s hard to find Myeloma Survivors because they are out living their lives!” – Unknown David Emerson, a Myeloma Survivor who used to run the Beating-Myeloma forum and now runs the People Beating Cancer website, has a survivor story on his site of Barbara Hammack. David’s own story of beating Myeloma is very unique and […]

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