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!

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...

Tuesday, December 2, 2014

The Grand Unified Theory of Transplants -- or "To Transplant or Not to Transplant"

Hello folks. I do a fair amount of outreach in the online and real world, and I've noticed that time and time again the same questi...

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