Many multiple myeloma patients and caregivers live in a new, Internet-centered world.

As recently as five or six years ago, someone with multiple myeloma would have heard about a new anti-myeloma therapy from their oncologist—probably when the new drug was being prescribed for the first time—or possibly while deciding whether or not to participate in a clinical trial.

Man, have times changed!  Not only are there as many as 90 different myeloma-related drugs or drug combinations being researched now, but thanks to websites like The Myeloma Beacon, it is easier…

Who are you when you stop doing? Leaving the shelter of a healthy physical body for one threatened by multiple myeloma led me to stop doing. Then I found myself doing different things—medical appointments, hospitals, and treatments. Stepping back from “doing” into “being” helped me heal.

Quiet and private surroundings seemed to compensate for the uncertainty of my disease. There are no problems or illness in the stillness of the present moment of now—until movement of body and mind allows pain to arise.

I am in the process of packing…