Tuesday, April 9, 2013

And the cure for horrific dysentery is...VEGAS?!?

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I have just returned from a weekend in Vegas for the Final Four.  This trip is a recurring tradition with some friends and was planned long ...
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Monday, April 1, 2013

The pain of new BMBs, and the pain of GI issues...

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Hello folks.  I hope this finds you on the end of a happy holiday week, whether or you celebrate Easter, Passover, the Great Pumpkin or some...
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Monday, March 25, 2013

Test results: good, but staying the course

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I'm sure you have been waiting with bated breath for the update here...heh heh.  :) Seriously, though, particularly for a couple of fa...
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Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Stupid lesions have not yet resolved. : (

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I am currently awaiting my bone marrow procedures, which will include three pulls, I think -- the standard bone marrow, the gene array (whic...
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Monday, March 18, 2013

Greetings from Little Rock

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Boy, is it cold here...and rainy.  I'm currently hunkered down in the 8th floor of the cancer center, which is where the entire Myeloma ...
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Monday, March 11, 2013

Part 2 of the statistical update

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I'm so sorry, folks, to be behind.  I've received a number of terrific emails from the newly diagnosed to long-time fellow travelers...
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Friday, March 1, 2013

Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics.

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A targeted Google search (perhaps one of this blog's contents would do the same, of course) reveals that I already used this header back...
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Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Curetalk panel coming up on the 28th

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Hello friends! First, Alice Cooper never called me so I'm guessing those biopsies were negative. Second, the Velcade is definitely c...
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Thursday, January 31, 2013

Welcome to my nightmare... (song title, not bad news)

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Folks, it's been a little while since this blog has been amusing, so I thought I would post a minimal update here just because it struck...
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Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Setting the record straight on my MRI

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Okay...so this is one part public service announcement and one part making sure I've got my act together! For some reason, I always wa...
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Friday, January 25, 2013

Thought on maintenance from a friend

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Two posts in a week...been a while since there was that much newsworthy stuff to share!  :) I'm pleased that among the many fellow tra...
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Another reference to Myeloma being curable.

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I'm involved in a number of online forums for the discussion of Myeloma (including some other blogs) and there is occasional a zesty deb...
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Monday, January 7, 2013

More on Velcade allopecia

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Hello folks.  I don't want to keep carping on this situation, particularly as I have consistently counseled people that hair loss in Mye...
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Thursday, January 3, 2013

Not much to report, other than ongoing Velcade inconvenience!

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Happy New Year and good health to you all. A brief update for you. I was off Velcade for two weeks (meaning three weeks between infusion...
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Tuesday, December 11, 2012

A Velcade holiday?

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Howdy folks. Been an interesting and somewhat unpleasant couple of days here. In order of severity: Went to bed Sunday night with a lo...
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Friday, December 7, 2012

Been a slow news day for a month or so...

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Howdy folks.  I hope you and yours are off to an enjoyable start to the holidays. Not that much to report, but a few things I should note ...
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Friday, November 2, 2012

The Cure versus Control Discussion

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As noted in a previous post, I participated in a panel hostel by CureTalk during which we discussed the issue of cure versus control in Myel...
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Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Bad language but boy is this funny!

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For those of you who may not be familiar with them, The Onion is a satirical website that mimics a newspaper or news-site.  The Onion origin...
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Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Myeloma Cure Panel Discussion: Cure versus Control

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Hello folks. On Monday, October 29th, I will be participating in my second panel discussion organized by Curetalk, an organization that ho...
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Monday, October 8, 2012

BD consult

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Okay, on to more positive things. After a couple of scheduling snafus, I was able to speak with BD, a long-time eader in MM research and t...
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Quick post on the Beacon drama

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No good deed, it has been said, goes unpunished. And how. A doctor from another institution recently published an article calling in...
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Wednesday, September 26, 2012

BB's phone message, KA's advice and sub-Q velcade

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Some quick and sundry updates here. First, although I had pried the information from his team last Friday, BB himself called me on Monday ...
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