A Caregiver's Inspirational Journey Through Cancer
Posted in Abecma Car T, Caregiver Thoughts, Misc, Multiple Myeloma on Oct 1st, 2021
“Sometimes, the best way to help someone is to just be near them.” – Veronica Roth, Divergent Today I witnessed one of those moments between another couple in the throws of the journey of Myelomaville. My assessment was they are at the beginning of their journey, and I so wanted to go over and say, […]
Posted in Abecma Car T, Caregiver Thoughts, Misc, Multiple Myeloma on Sep 29th, 2021
Acknowledge simple gifts. There are gifts all around us. I’m an old-fashioned road trip kinda gal, so I ordered an Adventure Edition of a road atlas and a full fold-out paper map of the USA for our road trip home. I’ve already put in several stops and come up with about nine days. Dave has […]
Posted in Abecma Car T, Caregiver Thoughts, Misc on Sep 26th, 2021
“Gratitude is happiness doubled by words.” – G.K. Chesterton There is a comfort in routine and things predictable when dealing with our Myeloma crisis. Knowing when we need to go into the clinic and knowing we can just chill until we do. Today I ran to the Vitamin Shoppe in N Little Rock. Then back […]
Posted in Abecma Car T, Caregiver Thoughts, Misc, Multiple Myeloma on Sep 23rd, 2021
“Medical science has proven time and again that when the resources are provided, great progress in the treatment, cure, and prevention of disease can occur.” – Michael J. Fox So in an effort to learn more about all of this, when I get the chance I ask a few questions of our doctor while we […]
Posted in Abecma Car T, Caregiver Thoughts, Misc, MM Chrono Journey, Multiple Myeloma on Sep 23rd, 2021
“Turn off the news and get out in the world. It is full of wonderfulness and humanity.” – Lori Puente What a whirlwind this particular episode in our reluctant Myelomaville adventures. Our original plan was that Dave would come out and get his T Cells collected on September 13th. (Well really mid-August, but the pharma […]
Posted in Abecma Car T, Caregiver Thoughts, MM Chrono Journey on Sep 21st, 2021
“My heart gives thanks…” – Willam Stanley Braithwaite We had another productive day here today. The VW Dealership sent over a guy to sign the papers on the new car we purchased. I’ll share that fantastic story later. Then we headed in to get some labs but were late, so we asked if we […]
Posted in Abecma Car T, Multiple Myeloma, Our Life on Sep 19th, 2021
“Look for what is good and you will certainly find it.” – Anne Perry We have been on yet another unexpected journey. I’ve been posting snipets at my companion FB page called Riding the Wave (you can search Multiple Myeloma too and it should come up.) My blog has been very quirky and weird over […]
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Caregiver Tips, Multiple Myeloma on Apr 24th, 2012
“Fear is only as deep as the mind allows.” – Japanese Proverb There are times that a topic seems to speak to me with a mega phone. It comes from various sources and begins to clobber me over the head as something that needs to be spoken out loud, and in my case, written here, hitting […]
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Multiple Myeloma on Apr 21st, 2011
“Myeloma may be what takes my life in the long run. But I’m not going to let it happen today.” – Terry Purdom Ok, you simply must watch this great video from Terry Purdom! (hat tip: David at workingwithme.com) Terry has Multiple Myeloma, diagnosed quickly in 2004. He loves Harleys and is spreading Hope about […]
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 […]
