I'm Not Dead Yet
Welcome to CathyChemo.org! This blog is to make room for online information and stories that bring out the funny side of cancer. Yes, there is very much a funny side of cancer … you can read my inaugural blog here.
Waiting for the Other Blahnik to Drop
When you have had multiple myeloma for a few years, you basically live monthly to get your current myeloma panel results. When you get them, you look to see what is in the abnormal range. Then there is always a sigh of relief. Then we go on our merry way. At least until we don’t! Living your life with an incurable disease or cancer is stressful. We are always waiting for the other shoe to drop. Whether it is a Louboutin, Manolo Blahnik, or Nike, this disease seems to always guarantee the shoe will drop. It is just how far
How long Does Sympathy Last?
With most solid tumor-related cancers, there is induction which involves radiation and or chemo, along with surgery. Then we wait and see on scans, then if it hasn’t spread, you are home free. The only maintenance some cancers have is additional scans or meds like tamoxifen etc. for a few years. With multiple myeloma, there is an induction, a consolidation, and a maintenance. Followed by more maintenance, and more maintenance. You are on something until you are not. Once it stops working, and God forbid the cancer has mutated and become high risk, onward we go to the next treatment. Let’s