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Relay for Life

Today I walked a few laps around the track at the high school for the ACS Relay for Life. I took along my niece and nephew and their mom, my sister. It was a hot, sunny day. I forgot to sign the banner before I left, but they’ll be there until 10 [...]

Neuropathy

All I want to do is just say that I hate having numb feet!

From Dr. O.

This is a response to a question I asked:
Dear Beth:
I did see it and had mentioned it in my e-mail, but I guess it was a
little buried in with the other stuff. The M-spike was too small to
quantify from this recent visit, which is what these days we call a
near-CR, but since it seems to [...]

Lab results

I’ve been worried about some abnormal lab results. Usually I don’t have any abnormals except for the MM. This time I have elevated calcium, phosphorus, LDH, WBC and abs neuts. The WBC and neuts are from the dexamethasone. I didn’t know about the LDH, so I asked my dcotor, and his [...]

Relay For Life of Moore County

Start date and time
5/29/2004 10:00AM
End date and time
5/29/2004 10:00PM
Agenda
A opening ceremony at the beginning of the event with the survivor lap immediately following. Luminaria ceremony is at dusk and then the closing ceremony is about 10 pm that night.
Additional Information
A luminaria is a sand-filled bag with a lighted candle which is placed around the track [...]

New name and other stuff

I adopted a dog named Buddy a few months ago, and he is a wonderful dog. He’s 5 years old, and full of energy. Over the weekennd, he stole a stick of butter from the counter top, so I’ve started calling him “Budder.” I’m assuming he ate the butter and paper, because [...]

Amber

A while back I posted a URL for a site we created and hosted for a young lady named Amber, who was suffering from osteosarcoma. Amber succumbed to her disease a few days ago, after a long struggle and much suffering. Her family asked that donations be made to the Make-A-Wish Foundation in [...]

Comments Moderation

Now that there are blog spammers, all comments submitted will have to be approved by me before they’ll appear. I’m pretty quick at approving during waking hours.

Current events

I’ve been very disturbed by our treatment of the Iraqi POWs. I grew up in a time where there were lots of WWII vets in the community and the Viet Nam war was dragging on, and there were reminders about how terrible war can be. We had men who had lost limbs in [...]

Encouraging words

This was from someone on the list. I just extracted this small part:
“I am 40 myself and have been told by a lot of folks that if I can make it 5 years and stay reasonably healthy, the MM world will look far different than today, just as today it is far different than [...]

Obedience training

Buddy & I went to obedience training yesterday. He did quite well! I’m the one who forgets what to do. There are only 2 other dogs in the class. They’re his main distraction. Eventually, he’ll learn to ignore them. We see other dogs when we walk, and he [...]

Cursed blood sugar

I tried taking my dex at night to see if it would help me to be asleep when the jitters & sweats started. That part was ok. But when I woke up (too early) and tested my blood glucose, it was 199 mg/dL! I think I have to take it during the [...]

THREE SISTERS: SEARCHING FOR A CURE

This isn’t about MM, but ALS. Searching for a Cure tells how Jenifer Estess and her sisters Valerie and Meredith fought the disease by creating Project A.L.S., a nonprofit organization that has raised $18 million and has catalyzed ALS research by bringing together a dream team of scientists from Columbia University, Johns Hopkins University, [...]

From the Cleveland Clinic Multiple Myeloma News Letter

The clinical and the research group at The Cleveland Clinic Myeloma Research Center would like to thank all of you for the comments and the great responses we have been receiving.
In this issue I will pass to you the link to some exciting regimen for a trial that is currently closed and the results have [...]

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