One month ago, I was discharged from the hospital after having a stem cell transplant, so I obviously am not lacking for material to write about in this col­umn.

As I reflect back on my experiences, I can't help but remember a chance en­coun­ter that I had with another myeloma patient who I met at my last Zometa (zole­dron­ic acid) treatment three weeks before my transplant.

On this particular day, the chemo wing at the cancer center was very busy and I shared a room with another gentleman. He was …

During my 25-year career as a boy’s basketball head coach, I coached over 600 games.

Regardless of whether it was the 1983 Class A state championship game in my rookie year as a head coach (we lost), or games against opponents that we were overwhelming favorites to defeat, my state of mind the night before each one of those 600 plus games never changed.

That state of mind is difficult to describe. It was one of unbearable ex­cite­ment, tempered by an actual feeling of fear. Fear that I had not prepared the …

In my last column, I wrote about the decision-making process that led me to move forward with a stem cell transplant. I am now just three weeks away from my stem cell transplant, and I am going to share my pre­par­a­to­ry experiences for this next stage in my battle with multiple myeloma.

But before doing that, I would like to share a personal reflection.

I have found that during all the stages of my battle with myeloma – from an initial diagnosis of monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined sig­nif­i­cance (MGUS) that was …

Despite being a lifelong Boston Celtics fan, one of my favorite coaches is former Los Angeles Lakers coach Pat Riley.

I know that sounds traitorous to most Celtics fans, es­pe­cial­ly con­sider­ing the fierceness of the teams’ rivalry in the early and mid 1980s:  Bird versus Magic, Showtime versus Blue Collar, Kareem versus The Chief, McHale versus Worthy.

With all due respect to Lebron James, Kevin Durant, and the rest of the NBA today, those were the glory days of the NBA!

As a young coach during that time, I consumed everything Pat …

As I wrestle with the early treatment phase of this disease, it is my hope that by shar­ing my experiences I can provide some valuable insights to readers who are newly diagnosed and beginning treatment.

But before sharing in this column what I have been through as I finish the fifth cycle of treatment, I have two confessions to make.

First, treatment is tough, really tough -- far tougher than I ever imagined it would be. My approach to treatment was naively ignorant despite warn­ings from my doctor and all that I …

“Today is the first day of the rest of your life!”

“No kidding," I mutter under my breath every time I see that saying on a card or in an advertisement. It is such an obviously true statement, why does it have to be said? What makes it so profound?

For some reason, that saying came repeatedly to mind on Wednesday, October 30, 2013, as I took my first dose of dexamethasone (Decadron) at 6 a.m. and my first dose of Revlimid (lenalidomide) 12 hours later. And while I …

Hello, my name is Steve Mohr. I am 57 years old, and I was diagnosed with monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) in December of 2011, which was quickly revised to a diagnosis of multiple myeloma in April of 2012.

After reading this website almost daily since my initial diagnosis, I feel that, per­haps like every columnist who writes for The Beacon, I may be able to offer a helpful perspective to others with multiple myeloma, especially those newly diagnosed with the disease, and those about to undergo treatment.

As was the …