by Susie | Mar 25, 2010 | Love poems, Multiple myeloma, Poetry, Uncategorized
Are you a jewel? Priceless exquisite, cut of flawless clarity. A glittering seven carat white diamond perhaps? A gleaming diadem of chosen stones or a desirable vibrant emerald, of richly sparkling hues. No! For you are shades of purple… ...
by Susie | Mar 21, 2010 | Health Issues, Multiple myeloma, My Family, Uncategorized
Hamada continues quite well with the Velcade infusions twice weekly, plus 20 mg of dexamethasone x 4 times weekly,and also the aciclovir for 21 days, this information is really for anyone following the medications Hamada is receiving and I know there are a few....
by Susie | Mar 14, 2010 | Health Issues, Multiple myeloma, Uncategorized
As my poem “The Fight without Choice†written in 2009 tells us: “It was never a choice was it? It sneaked in and through, along and round, this nasty wicked beast that coursed along the channels of our lives  How true these words seemed to me during the...
by Susie | Mar 3, 2010 | Health Issues, Multiple myeloma, Uncategorized
People’s eyes tell their story as sitting quietly deep in thought, magazines remain unread, heads often bow in contemplation. A visit to Oncology is a serious affair, the television that no-one watches or at least in glancing view doors that often open...
by Susie | Feb 26, 2010 | Health Issues, Love poems, Multiple myeloma, Poetry, Uncategorized
Late winter months as news imparts the gravity of this new start dear God as we begin this fight in restless days and feverish nights, as poison flows through damaged veins please not let this be in vain… Smaller smiles through struggling days of...
by Susie | Feb 21, 2010 | Health Issues, Multiple myeloma, My Family, Uncategorized
The Journey Hamada starts chemotherapy once more, this time with the drug Velcade combined with Dexamethasone. Velcade is a newer type of chemotherapy – at least here in the UK – an anti-cancer drug called a proteosome inhibitor. In the UK it is...
