by Susie | May 9, 2010 | Health Issues, Love poems, Multiple myeloma, Poetry, Uncategorized
Under a lovers gaze stoic and stubborn I fight for you, in watchful waiting the power of my mind spurs me on… The tiredness of these determined efforts for you, to strive is hard to do. With strength needed as not to succumb I walk on...
by Susie | May 7, 2010 | Health Issues, Multiple myeloma, My Family, Uncategorized
It was a sad day for us both yesterday which brought bad news that Hamada is just not responding well enough to the chemotherapy drug Velcade. With just eleven infusions received since starting in late February and many stops and starts along the way due...
by Susie | Apr 28, 2010 | Multiple myeloma, My Family, Uncategorized
Never forgetting how far we’ve come I’ve posted the above photo today showing Hamada when he first come home from Nottingham City Hospital after his Stem Cell Transplant. This was in late 2007 and there have been a good few battles along the way since...
by Susie | Apr 20, 2010 | Love poems, Multiple myeloma, My Family, Poetry, Uncategorized
You watch your family well my love with twinkling fervency of pride, not much I’m sure escapes those beaming eyes whose rays emit relentless joy. The room is filled with noise and bustle laughter amid the smell of pungent food delights and scents of...
by Susie | Mar 31, 2010 | Health Issues, Love poems, Multiple myeloma, Poetry, Uncategorized
We waited the hours together, us and the man with the white knitted hat, pale and often slipping down in his chair he looked desperately ill. His wife sat tiredly and patiently by his side. He joined us once again sitting opposite, in the ‘chemo...