Riding The Wave | Multiple Myeloma
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Riding The Wave | Multiple Myeloma
1y ago
“We must accept finite disappointment but never lose infinite hope.” – Martin Luther King, Jr. I won’t lie to you…this is the kind of post I hate doing. In addition to our disappointment, I feel the frustration of all who care about us and are traveling this journey alongside us. Dave went out of remission almost ..read more
Riding The Wave | Multiple Myeloma
1y ago
“Stronger together facing illness” This group is worldwide and making inroads in the USA. I agreed to do an interview with them. I have found that there are many online resources and places for us to connect. They offer different things for different folks. Don’t be afraid to explore. ..read more
Riding The Wave | Multiple Myeloma
2y ago
The media we did for UAMS/MIRT on the CAR-T. Click the link to take you to the story. First Myeloma Center Patient Receives Revolutionary New Therapy, Responds Well ..read more
Riding The Wave | Multiple Myeloma
2y ago
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill Wow, what a wild ride we keep having. Good stuff, challenging stuff, crazy stuff, and ARE YOU KIDDING ME STUFF! Every once in a while, I say, “Can we just go back to Little Rock?” We ..read more
Riding The Wave | Multiple Myeloma
2y ago
“Courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyway.” – John Wayne We went in today for labs and a check-in with our team. Quick in and out early this morning. We did not expect the rest that came, but it was all outstanding—meeting with the Bristol Meyers liason at UAMS, who does an ..read more
Riding The Wave | Multiple Myeloma
2y ago
“The greatest wealth is Health.” – Unknown One of many challenges we face in any cancer journey is how to better our odds to overcome the disease, survive the toxic chemos needed to push the cancer into remission or cure it. And then, how do you restore your schnockered immune system. Many myeloma cancer patients ..read more
Riding The Wave | Multiple Myeloma
2y ago
“Be thankful for everything that happens in your life; it’s all an experience.” – Roy T. Bennett What a lovely and yet another unexpected gift as we are here for such a long Arkansas stay! We had a Thanksgiving invite to Memphis with friends of my family I hadn’t seen in over three decades. But ..read more
Riding The Wave | Multiple Myeloma
2y ago
“The purpose of life is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson It’s hard to believe that we are winding down our journey here in Little Rock at UAMS, Myeloma Institute! From all appearances in our ..read more
Riding The Wave | Multiple Myeloma
2y ago
“The article discusses infection risk for the hematological malignancies for all the illnesses listed in the first paragraph but, somewhat unfortunately, to a lesser extent for MM considering the very limited patient experiences with the anti-BCMA products. Still, a number of observations and conclusions are very relevant for us, myeloma patients.”… A topical article over ..read more
Riding The Wave | Multiple Myeloma
2y ago
“There is always, always, always something to be thankful for.”- Anonymous We had a very long day today. Starting very early in the morning. A bone marrow biopsy and then off to get a PET Scan. Neither thing allowed Dave to eat past midnight last night, so I came home and made him a sandwich ..read more