Beth Morgan Multiple Myeloma Treatment Blog
My life as a myeloma patient for almost two decades
I’ve been working with a new customer, Brad Charles, to construct a web site. I have to say that I don’t think I’ve met such a nice person in a long, long time. I want to give hm a little plug here! If you’re in the Southern Pines area and need equine (horse) fencing, please give him a call!
Equine Fencing, Southern Pines, NC
910-692-8276
910-690-7000
Most of us need to find reasons to spend more time on facebook, so Margaret and I have come up with a facebook group for myeloma patients, caregivers, friends, family and others.
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=108654495840465
From Margaret’s blog:
- And finally, as if we weren’t busy enough!, day before yesterday a friend and I decided to create a Multiple Myeloma Support Group on Facebook. It’s a private support group (that is, FB users who are not group members cannot read anything we write)…so, if you belong to FB, please join us! The group was created less than 48 hours ago, and we already have 74 members… By the way, this group is intended mainly for myeloma, SMM and MGUS folks and caregivers, but other cancer patients are welcome, too. Click on: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=app_2373072738&gid=108654495840465#!/group.php?gid=108654495840465 (I hope the link works…please let me know if it doesn’t). Then click on “Request to join.” If your membership request doesn’t get approved immediately, that simply means that Beth and I aren’t online, so please be patient. Anyway, until there is a cure, we need to provide support for one another…and also exchange useful information about both conventional and alternative treatments, with a bit of humor sprinkled around, whenever possible…!
- While you are at it, you can also become a fan of my blog on FB: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=3900082&id=600258519#!/pages/Margarets-Corner-Living-with-smoldering-myeloma/312414599519?ref=ts
Please join us there. Stop in and say hello!
According to the Ohio State University Extension fact sheet on wisteria (Wisteria sinensis), it’s a member of the pea family! I think wisteria is a beautiful plant, but many here in NC think it’s a monster, because it devours its host. Around here, you see it everywhere, growing on any tree or structure it can find. I found this vine on some trees behind our office.
Another sure sign of spring (aside from the haze of yellow pine pollen currently engulfing us), are the blossoming of azaleas. These are in front of my house.
I took this photo someplace between Texas and North Carolina. It was probably closer to NC than Texas.
This was on my return from a trip to California. During the time I was there, I had a nasty cold, so I wasn’t really able to enjoy myself. I was afraid if I rescheduled, I wouldn’t go at all.
Now that I’m back home, I’m feeling much better. I hope to be fully recovered within the next couple of days.
When summer comes around, the first thing I want to do is run around without shoes on. I hate wearing shoes, and the PN has made most shoes pretty uncomfortable for me. A few years ago, before I went in for my stem cell transplant for the treatment of my multiple myeloma, I was walking by 
the pool and I stubbed my toe on something. Toe stubbing is a more frequent occurrence for me now that I have neuropathy. It’s hard to keep track of just exactly where my feet are. Anyway, aside from hurting like the dickens, the toe injury included some broken nails. I thought nothing of it.
A few weeks later, I had high dose chemo, which wiped out my immune system. In no time, I noticed that my toes were discolored and the nails on two of my toes were getting flaky. It was the weirdest thing I ever saw. Even the transplant doctors were puzzled about the shade of purple my toes had become. I’m including a picture so you can see what it looked like, although it’s not at all appealing. It just might be something you encounter, so it could prove useful at some point. I apologize for the yuckiness of the picture, but there’s no way you could imagine how purple my toes were without seeing them. I eventually pulled off the nails, which grew back rather quickly. Everything was better by the time I went home from the transplant clinic.
The lesson? If you have neuropathy and a weakened immune system, wear shoes.
Buddy and I went to Martin Park in Southern Pines yesterday for a walk. He really had a great time, as you can see. Today is warmer and sunnier! I’ve been doing some chores in the house, but every chance I get, I’m going outside to soak up some sun. the forecast for the upcoming week indicates high temperatures in the 60s and even 70! The lows are creeping up too, with night time temperatures in the 40s and 50s. My favorite time of year is approaching. I predict that I’ll be getting the pool ready pretty soon.
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There’s a new list of myeloma blogs, which will make it easier to keep up on your favorite patient and caregiver blogs. It’s not really every myeloma blog in the world, but I’m trying.
If you want your blog to appear on the list, get in touch with me. Please know that I can only add blogs that have an RSS feed and are written by patients or their caregivers.
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