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!

Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Gum update, and Cure Talk panel this Friday, 6/27

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So I met yesterday with two doctors and a dental hygienist.  One doctor had nothing to do with anything, other than he noted that I didn...
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Friday, June 20, 2014

A recent and odd little issue...

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Fans of the early seasons of The Simpsons will likely recognize the tertiary character pictured above.  He was a jazz musician held in hi...
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Friday, May 16, 2014

Immunotherapy update

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If you're like me…well, I pity you because you're living with a Myeloma diagnosis.  :) But seriously, folks, if you're like me...
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Tuesday, May 6, 2014

So what exactly is an Autologous Stem Cell Transplant?

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I have been counseling a number of folks lately -- seemingly an increasing amount -- about their treatment options in this disease.  And in ...
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Tuesday, April 22, 2014

A changing of the guard...

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My beloved doctor Bart Barlogie has led MIRT and UAMS since its inception, managing not just the clinical and research aspects but all of th...
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Tuesday, April 8, 2014

And yet more evidence of plateau (cure) from another unrelated source...

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A friend a fellow MM patient DH alerted me to an interesting article just published in an alternative means of testing for Minimal Residual ...
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Monday, April 7, 2014

More on that NIH article -- cure is out there!

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A kindly if mysterious email from an address ending in .fi (Finland?) attached the NIH article for me, which I reproduce here minus the tabl...
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