Living

Several years ago, Nora Ephron wrote a book called I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman. That's a funny title, I thought. I read the...

Every morning, as soon as I wake up, I do a quick pain inventory. My feet? Yep, still hurt. How about my back, my neck, my forearm? Check, check, check...

Relationships are like gardens - they need to be cultivated. Chronic illness can affect even the strongest relationships. Cancer and its effects may push each partner to its breaking point...

Editor's note: This article was written in November 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic. Please remember to follow CDC and local guidelines regarding travel during the pandemic. So, it’s been over...

Within three years of daily oral chemotherapy, I was wearing wide-brimmed hats, long sleeves, and large-rimmed sunglasses. I was losing pigmentation, or so it seemed to me. I was turning...

Unless you have been there, I suspect it is impossible to understand the emotional release one experiences on your last day of chemo treatment. After all the tubes and bags...

Have you ever met someone for the first time, and when the introductions take place, they usually start off with a name and “How are you doing?” Normally we reply...

The long and winding six-year road living with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) has had its share of twists and turns. Good thing I buckled up. My hematologist/oncologist, who is a...

My system for refilling pills isn’t much of a system at all: When a bottle is low, I remove it from the pill bag and place it on a windowsill...

Good nutrition can help cancer patients maintain strength, keep healthy body weight, and decrease side effects during and after treatment. Nutrition is a process when food is taken in and...

Welcome to the Myeloma Action Month Self Care Q&A! As part of this year's Myeloma Action Month, Myeloma.org challenged the community to "bolster your resilience with a new self-care activity...

Wait.. I know what you are going to say. Cancer?? Positives?? You must have smoked some bad rainbows there, you chipper idiot. Well, you might be right about the rainbow...

I had an interesting conversation a few weeks back and it has still left me a bit baffled. The question posed “How would I get along if I didn’t have...

Human connections can help us feel less alone after a cancer diagnosis. A community can be stronger than cancer and help manage the disruptions caused by the disease. I was...

"The kids are driving me nuts!" I overheard my grandmother say to her sister Zola. "What did we do?" I whispered to my mother. "The boys and I have been...

The other day I was filling out an online survey about life with multiple myeloma. One question asked me to list my 5 most significant challenges since my diagnosis. I...

As I write this, I am just a few months away from the ten-year anniversary of my multiple myeloma diagnosis. Suffice it to say, I am pretty darn excited about...

I have yet to meet someone who said, “2020 was a great year!” And at the tender young age of 77, I can honestly say, I have never experienced a...

Recently, we’ve had an influx of visitors on another site I write for who have been recently diagnosed and it reminded me that it’s probably time for a post about...

This giveaway has closed. In honor of Myeloma Action Month, we are hosting a giveaway running from March 19, 2021, until March 31, 2021! We are giving away a self-care...