Giving In and Giving Up
Every few months or so I make the same stupid mistake.
Tag Archives: Pain
Before our journey ends…….
Exactly 18 months ago
Collateral Worries
In dealing with Multiple Myeloma the focus stays pretty much on the cancer. But there are a lot of secondary issues that victims of the cancer must confront. As I write this I’m trying to not think about the pain in my sternum and spreading under my rib cage. My doctor ...
Sailing Lands Away
Bang! Bang! Bang! Four shots ripped through my groin and I was off on the greatest adventure of my life! So began the book I had my nose stuck into. It was called Sleep Till Noon and written by Max Shulman. Of course, this was back in 1976 that I was reading this. I had just ...
A Christmas Carol
It’s been a long week and it seemed longer by virtue of lack of sleep. Annoyed that the Christmas holiday might preempt the attention my cancer normally gets it stepped up it’s pain schedule on me. Which is to say that I was getting sharp pangs pretty much arou ...
Virtually Perfect
“What can I do for you?.” said the voice on the other end of the phone. I was talking to one of the nurses at the VA medical center oncology department, inquiring about why my pain meds were two weeks late. She said she could help me.
“I’m glad to hea ...
Catch Up! It’s Been Ages!
My goodness, it’s been five months since I’ve written, and then it was about politics! Egads! What’s wrong with me? Politics are about as lethal as MM! At least in the past three years! lol
It’s amazing that the last time I was on any treatment for M ...
The knocking stopped…..and then…..
Have you ever had a car making a terrible noise.......you take it to the garage.....and NOTHING!!
Pain Management in Cancer Care
Hello FriendsI have had the privilege to have received an email from Mr. David Hass who has written an article about pain management. Although it does not specifically talk about Multiple Myeloma it is still pertinent for any kind of Cancer. It's strait to the point, so here ...
March 2011 – I’m Still Here
My goodness it’s been a while since I’ve updated in this blog. Sometimes I think I should delete it, as I’m not faithful to it. I’m sort of a nut, as I have at least three different blogs! I created each blog for a different purpose as well as audi ...
Pain in the Gas
Gas is the biggest pain in the —gut. When my spinal cord first started atrophying, I began building up gas. I just knew I had a tumor in my abdomen. It turned out to be – gas. That was over two years ago. I even went to the emergency room one time. But this ...