Nick's Myeloma Blog

I created this blog so that I, and others, can track the progress of my Multiple Myeloma and my efforts to combat it. I am blessed to have my family and many good friends to help me defeat this and if you are reading this, you are likely included in that group. Thanks for your support -- with it, I will beat this. So for your edification and perhaps even amusement, read on!

Wednesday, May 19, 2021

Still around and doing well

Hello friends. And to those new to the MM journey who might be finding this blog for the first time. It is, after all, almost two years (...

Monday, June 3, 2019

Hello there! A long-overdue update.

Hello friends and other interested parties. I apologize for the long absence, but I'm happy to report that continued good health means a...

Saturday, February 10, 2018

An update (all good), some reflection (humbling) and some "how to read your labs" stuff

Hi there everybody! I'm sorry that I've been off the face of the earth here for some time. I think you can chalk it up to a lack of ...

Wednesday, March 1, 2017

Latest lab results...all good. Plus an interesting side effect of Zometa.

Hello, friends! I hope that this blog continues to be of interest to some, even though updates are less frequent. Live chugs along, with fam...

Monday, January 16, 2017

RIP William Peter Blatty -- and the Devil in the Details

Hello friends, and Happy New Year. I'll post sometime soon about the pinched nerve issue (more painful than it sounds) emanating most ...

Friday, December 23, 2016

Happy holidays -- a quick update

Hi folks. I've not updated this page in what seems like ages, mostly because there hasn't been that much that is interesting. Howe...

Thursday, February 4, 2016

Continued sCR...and the coolest thing Donald Trump ever said!

Well, I was wrong about the number of miscues here. It was a little chaotic, in part because I don't yet know the ropes myself in terms ...

Monday, February 1, 2016

Hello from NYC

Hello friends. I'm sorry it's been so long between updates -- things have been rather busy with my day job of late, as well as my...

Wednesday, November 11, 2015

A long over-due mini-update!

Hello friends. Sorry to fall off the face of the earth there for a bit. I have some good excuses -- I've been helping to launch a new ...

Tuesday, July 14, 2015

Dr. Barlogie's new digs

Hello friends. Sorry to be radio silent for a bit -- have been fighting other fires. I will be posting my thoughts on my own decisions an...

Thursday, June 18, 2015

A frustrating, painful and expensive waste of time

Well, the good news, I suppose, is that with the help of that lidocaine creme and a very skilled nurse my port was accessed this morning. ...

Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Frustrations continue -- a partially wasted trip

So I never was able to get the port accessed today. I did meet with a great guy who I'm going to call out here (sorta) -- one of the ph...

Nicolas and the No Good Very Bad Day

Well, after a long day of travel yesterday I'm in Little Rock. It's been a pretty lousy morning. For a number of reasons I'm un...

Friday, May 29, 2015

Relapses in Total Therapy give me the willies

With my return trip to Little Rock coming up in three weeks, I've been thinking a lot about what to do and upon the continued need for f...

Tuesday, May 12, 2015

A quick update from MIRT/UAMS

I received a letter today co-authored by Drs. Morgan and Barlogie that affirmed Bart is going to continue practicing elsewhere. This is not...

Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Decisions, decisions!

I've heard from a growing number of people asking for my thoughts on the changing of the guard in Arkansas, and how to think about treat...

Wednesday, April 8, 2015

...and another update about the transition.

I received a very nice note from Dr. Morgan yesterday, affirming that he will continue Total Therapy and does believe Total Therapy cures st...

Monday, April 6, 2015

...and a quick update

Normally I would spread this out as my last post is a lot to cover, but two important additional tidbits. Bart is "not retiring"...

A transition in Little Rock

So I received a letter in the mail on the letterhead of Dr. Gareth Morgan, whom Dr. Bart Barlogie had hand-picked as his successor at UAMS. ...

Thursday, January 15, 2015

Update from Little Rock

A mostly good-to-very-good checkup. Highlights: * It is FREEZING in Little Rock in January. I never remember that and always pack as th...

Wednesday, January 7, 2015

Does Do No Harm do harm? Food for thought.

Happy New year. I recently joined an interesting call hosted by the MMRF for a few interested parties, where Dr. Lonial from Emory along wi...

Sunday, December 7, 2014

Everything you Wanted to know about Transplants (new and improved!)

Hello folks. I published the bulk of this in a post a couple of days ago. I didn't like the screwy way it was appearing here (I wrote...

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