A Few Thoughts

Tag: cancer

  • Happy stem cell birthday to me!

    My immune system is six years old today! 💕🎂🎉 I wrote thank you notes to my doctors. I wrote the following in 2018: I experienced leg pain and weakness for a couple of months before a blood test sent me to the emergency room. Dr. P. diagnosed me in October, 2015, with primary plasma cell…

  • Primary Plasma Cell Leukemia

    I want to provide an information hub for patients diagnosed with primary plasma cell leukemia. I was diagnosed with this rare form of cancer in October, 2015. Long story short, I had an allogeneic stem cell transplant at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in March, 2016, and lots of side effects and medical adventures. Two…

  • The Bardo of Waiting

    I wrote an email to a friend this morning: I am getting familiar with that in-between, waiting, confused, gap experience. I’m waiting on biopsy results myself–results are due Tuesday. My health over the last year has been one thing after another, since I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis a year ago. There’s a word for…