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Stable

I had my monthly appointment and labs about 2 weeks ago, and am still stable. I would love to see a complete remission, but being stable is good enough (considering the alternatives). My IgA is at 1183 mg/dL, and that’s exactly what it was last month.

For Sale

I have a 2000 Chevy S10 for sale. See it here: http://home.pinehurst.net/chevy/
I signed on this thing for my brother, then he quit his job and left town! I have to get rid of it!

Peripheral Neuropathy

There’s a condition called peripheral neuropathy that I have as a result of one of the treatments I’ve had. For about 10 months, I took a drug called Thalomid, and it caused nerve damage in my feet and hands. Just recently, my doctor told me to cut out my B-6 supplementation. I have done that, [...]

I stayed up too late last night!

I stayed up too late last night (until at least 3:30 am), so I slept until noon. The day flew by after that. I did some grocery shopping, went to my office and got a monitor to replace one that was broken at mom’s house (family business, so I’m not stealing from my employer - [...]

Last Appointment

I had my 4 week appointment with Dr. O. at UNC Chapel Hill. My labs were pretty good, excluding the cancer. My IgA, which I feared would rise, seems to have levelled off, thank goodness! It was the same as last month: 1183 mg/dL. You can see the full report [...]

Spam

My blog has been getting spammed every day. The junk messages don’t appear on the site, but they come to me via email, since I have the blog configured to wait for my approval before posting comments. Thanks to those spamming losers, I have shut off comments to all but registered users. [...]

Vegetarian?

I had read someplace that the protein needs of people with cancer are higher than that of the general population. I also saw on one of my Dana-Farber handouts that people on steroids need more protein. I fit into both categories. When I first learned I had MM, I became a vegetarian. [...]

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