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suemagoo
Day 30, Jan 27
Still sleeping better and better. Ate a frozen dinner, spaghetti, the whole thing! 1st time! Dr appt moved to next Wednesday. Not so happy about that. Walked twice around the whole rv park. good day today
Riding The Wave - Multiple Myeloma
Dr. Tricot, Iowa
Guido Tricot, MD, PhD, is the director of Holden Cancer Center’s Bone Marrow Transplant and Myeloma Program at UI Hospitals and Clinics. He specializes in multiple myeloma and has been researching and treating this type of cancer for over 20 years. Dr. Tricot, who had been ...
Deludia
Neuropathy and Cognitive Impairment
There used to be an anti-drug advertising campaign that showed an egg and said “This is your brain.” Then they cracked the egg into a frying pan where it sizzled while they said “This is your brain on drugs.” I was just sitting here thinking over the ...
Happenings with Dom and Nan
Dom’s Girlfriend
Dominic had a little visitor early this morning.
Roobeedoo
Osteonecrosis Update
This post is for people who need to know about bisphosphonate-induced osteonecrosis of the jaw.If you are a casual sewist / knitter / general crafty person looking for a good time, I strongly recommend that you come back tomorrow when I should have something more appealing t ...
Margaret's Corner
Workworkwork…
Busy days. Lots of work…teaching, translating…which doesn’t leave much time for research. Too bad, because I have quite a number of fascinating studies lying on my desktop…hope to get to them tomorrow…yes… In the meantime, here is a photo ...
Riding The Wave - Multiple Myeloma
Jack Aiello Interview
Andrew Schorr: Are you optimistic? Jack Aiello: I’ve said to patients for the last 10 years, if you’re going to be diagnosed with myeloma it’s a lot better now than it was 15 years ago. And that holds true, year after year after year… Thanks David at ...
Lorna and Micky Our-loma
What’s That ?!? 2012 week 2
Yes it's Friday again. The answer to last week was......... one of my eye lashes. As you can tell I don't get to wear much make-up these days, if it had been my daughter's you would have seen layer upon layer of mascara! This week I have two pictures of the same thing. Talki ...
jm's Adventure with Multiple Myeloma
More Labs and Walked 1.40 Miles – January 26 2012
I received a couple more labs from January 16 2012 today via fax. My phosphorus, uric acid, and total protein are all normal.Kemmer and I walked 1.40 miles this afternoon - more briskly than yesterday. Hard to tell who loves these walks more..... My sinus cold is pretty much ...
Happenings with Dom and Nan
How Does Thalidomide Treat Multiple Myeloma?
Originally infamous for causing birth defects, Thalomid (thalidomide) was given to pregnant women in the 1960's to ease the nausea of early pregnancy.Serious, lethal birth defects in those patients led to a long-standing ban on drugs in the thalidomide family.Years later, it ...
Roobeedoo
Half-Finnish-ed Pair
One sock down, one to goSo... half a pairI am using the Portti Sukat charts:
Deludia
Specifically for Veterans
I have to admit that when I heard that the VA has a benefits website I greeted the news without enthusiasm. I had already had experience with the VA’s MyHealtheVet website, and for all its promise, turned out to be a marginally convenient way to renew prescriptions. I ...
Feresaknit's Blog
Cobweb Lace
I started this shawl back in September when I abandoned the shawl I’d started the previous summer – yes that would be summer 2010. If I hadn’t touched it for over 12 months it wasn’t going to be finished any time soon. I don’t knit much lace ...
Riding The Wave - Multiple Myeloma
Struggling with Remission? What!
“Frankly remission is an awkward place. In fact beyond the normal wear & tear of aging, I now look & feel as well as I did before I became ill. But I have not been able to go forward as though nothing had happened, & that is because something has happened & it happened ...
My Life With Myeloma
Jaws Actor Roy Scheider Dies of Multiple Myeloma
M is for Myeloma
Quick update on meeting with doctor…
Pleased to report it was all good news! My light chain is in the normal range and the bone marrow biopsy and fine needle aspirations were negative for myeloma! Some improvement was seen with the lesions on the MRI but I still haveva long way to go to heal those up. No big ...
jm's Adventure with Multiple Myeloma
Hair Growth Continues and a Walk – January 25 2012
I lost my hair on September 6 2011. It started to grow on October 16 2011 and here you have it on January 25 2012. I'm not sure what the dents in my forehead are from but, they weren't permanent.
jm's Adventure with Multiple Myeloma
Lab Value Results for January 25 2012
Drove to the Lost Rivers Medical Center Laboratory in Arco, Idaho this morning for my weekly labs.
jm's Adventure with Multiple Myeloma
Beta-2 Microglobulin, Immunoglobulin A, G, M, and Free Kappa Lambda Light Chain Results of January 16 2012
I finally managed to convince Dr. Shull's office to fax me the results of my January 16 2012 labs. My Beta-2 Microglobulin was fine at 1.93 (it was 1.80 last check on 11/9/2012). My Immunoglobulin A was low at
Feresaknit's Blog
Of course it’s not a heart attack
After I’d done my last post, when I mentioned letting the not so good things slide, I realised that I tend to do this quite quickly as I completely forgot to mention the quite bad pain I’d had in my chest the day we went to our last blood clinic appointment.
On t ...