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[ by | Jul 20, 2010 8:48 am | 8 Comments ]
Birds in Spring: I Just Want My Old, Carefree Life Back

One of the first things you learn with a multiple myeloma diagnosis is that your life as you knew it is irrevocably changed.

That’s true, I suppose, with any cancer, but it’s especially so for a disease that falls into that vague “not curable but treatable” category.

I see that phrase constantly these days in newspaper and web articles about myeloma, and I find some pretty dark humor in it. It makes it sound as if myeloma is just something annoying that you have to put up with. After all, it’s treatable. …

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[ by | Jun 15, 2010 7:47 am | 3 Comments ]
Birds In Spring:  Introducing My Myeloma Column And Thoughts On PET Scans

By way of introduction, I was diagnosed with multiple myeloma on May 5, 2006. That puts me right smack at the halfway point of what one of my doctors said back then. I recall his words well. “I think I can give you a good seven to eight years,” he said.

But, who’s counting.

I will be writing a monthly column for The Myeloma Beacon about my experiences since my diagnosis with myeloma.

You can look for my future columns under the title “Birds in Spring.” The title comes from a line …

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