A Caregiver's Inspirational Journey Through Cancer
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Misc, Multiple Myeloma on Jan 27th, 2011
“… a growing body of scientific evidence is building the case that the spiritual balance created by yoga provides proven health benefits.” – from article (link here) Yoga is becoming very “mainstream”. It is growing in popularity around the world. Yoga studios are popping up all over the place and classes are offered routinely in local […]
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Misc, Multiple Myeloma on Jan 27th, 2011
“If you have learned how to disagree without being disagreeable, then you have discovered the secret of getting along — whether it be business, family relations, or life itself.” – Bernard Meltzer While on social cancer websites, list servs, private conversations, emails, etc. I have “watched” or been involved in the continuing debate about positive […]
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Misc, Multiple Myeloma on Jan 25th, 2011
“Respect for ourselves guides our morals; respect for others guides our manners.” – Laurence Sterne I have had very personal relationships good and bad with physicians over the years. It was a rocky road for me. I didn’t like them generally, the arrogance mostly. Their attempts at intimidation of their patient as I viewed it. […]
Posted in Misc, Multiple Myeloma on Jan 24th, 2011
“In my day, socializing was going out to a party to meet people. Now, socializing is taking place via networked devices.” – Zach Nelson 1
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Misc, Multiple Myeloma on Jan 20th, 2011
“The human spirit is stronger than anything that can happen to it.” – C.C. Scott Two of my myeloma buddies aren’t doing so well at the moment. Their numbers are rising, there is concern. One I’m very close to and have garnered deep affection for. The other a blogger I’ve never met and have come […]
Posted in Misc, Multiple Myeloma on Jan 18th, 2011
“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
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Misc, Multiple Myeloma on Jan 18th, 2011
“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 […]
Posted in Misc, Multiple Myeloma on Jan 17th, 2011
“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 […]
Posted in Misc, Multiple Myeloma on Jan 15th, 2011
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 […]
Posted in Misc, Multiple Myeloma, Our Life on Jan 15th, 2011
“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 […]
Posted in Caregiver Tips, Misc, Multiple Myeloma on Jan 12th, 2011
“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 […]
Posted in Caregiver Tips, Misc, Multiple Myeloma on Jan 11th, 2011
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Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Misc, Multiple Myeloma on Jan 9th, 2011
“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 […]
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Multiple Myeloma on Jan 7th, 2011
“Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.” – Willam James Pat Killingsworth, an inspirational and long time Myeloma blogger and writer has written an article over at The Myeloma Beacon, where he writes regularly. The article is about […]
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Caregiver Tips, Multiple Myeloma on Jan 6th, 2011
“Fatigue is a daily lack of energy; an unusual or excessive whole-body tiredness, not relieved by sleep.” – Chemocare.com Wow. As I started to do a little research on this subject, so it wasn’t just all about what I think, I was struck by all the information and data about how they don’t know what […]
Posted in Multiple Myeloma on Jan 5th, 2011
“It’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” – Abraham Lincoln This is an article on an MD Anderson Study. Complete Remission Predicts for Long Survival of Patients with Multiple Myeloma. I’m not so sure about what is being reported here as being terribly significant and I’ll tell […]
Posted in Misc, Multiple Myeloma on Jan 3rd, 2011
“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 […]
Posted in Multiple Myeloma on Dec 30th, 2010
“The most important thing in illness is never to lose heart.” – Nikolai Lenin As someone dealing with Myeloma, now, in almost 2011, I can’t tell you how frustrated I get when I read online or someone writes me, and OLD information about MM is STILL being disseminated – such as a 3-5 year survival! There is […]
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Multiple Myeloma on Dec 25th, 2010
”In the rising of the sun and its going down, We Remember Him”- We Remember A wonderful Myeloma caregiver, lost her husband, Vern, recently after a valiant effort. She began a blog to chronicle her journey as a Myeloma Widow. As you can imagine, its very hard to lose someone you love, and then journey […]
Posted in Multiple Myeloma on Dec 23rd, 2010
“It is by chance that we met, by choice that we became friends.” – Unknown What a wonderful evening! Over a year ago, I received a heartfelt email from Bonnie. Her boyfriend, Bob, had Multiple Myeloma. It turns out that Bob was diagnosed about the same time as Dave, from the same area where we […]
