A Caregiver's Inspirational Journey Through Cancer
Posted in Caregiver Thoughts, Multiple Myeloma on Dec 26th, 2011
“Open collaboration is critical for driving innovation…” – Open Source Quote This video hit the MM community as I was traveling for a long awaited cruise celebrating 30 years of marriage with my husband Dave, who has MM. It has taken me awhile to finally get it up here for those of you that might […]
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
Posted in Multiple Myeloma on May 17th, 2011
“The charity Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research hopes to speed up the delivery of new drug treatments by linking together 13 UK research centres.” The mission of our Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF) is to resolve some of the very issues that this story presents for the patients in England and market obstacles to get new […]
Posted in Misc, Multiple Myeloma on Apr 9th, 2011
Short and sweet. I put it up because it mentions MULTIPLE MYELOMA and Geraldine Ferraro. (hat tip Pat Killingsworth at Living With Myeloma) Research costs A LOT! Litigation costs A LOT! It takes a LONG TIME! And then we are a small group, relatively speaking. Although I often feel like Myeloma is EVERYWHERE! I want them to […]
Posted in Misc on Mar 14th, 2011
“Good science is all about following the data as it shows up, and letting yourself be proven wrong, and letting everything change while you are working on it…” – Rebecca Skloot, Author My friend Allison sent this to me today. She works at NIH and had the privilege of hearing the author talk there about […]
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 16th, 2010
A state-of-the-art test assesses prognosis and helps individualize therapy. An article appearing in HemOnc Today, Clinical News in Oncology and Hematology. One of the most unique diagnostic tests developed at UAMS in their 21+ years of exclusively researching Multiple Myeloma at the Myeloma Institute of Research and Therapy (MIRT). 0
Posted in Multiple Myeloma on Feb 25th, 2010
November 4th, 2021: I’m in the process of cleaning this up. It is a grammatical mess! You’ll get the gist, but do check back. Lori This is an article I was asked to write after a bit of a debate regarding the treatment at Little Rock. It was initially posted on Pat Killingsworth MM […]
