Short Version: My new chemo was approved today. Long Version: A week ago I reached out for prayer and thoughts about two issues, one being my renal function and the other was getting permission to switch to a newer chemotherapy. I’ve already mentioned that my kidney function, after taking a dip in the “total crap”…

This is a totally fictional account (not my story), think of it as a poem, written as a phone dialog, although I don’t write poetry. Deborah: Good morning Patricia. Patricia: Good morning, how are you? Deborah: I’ve been better. Patricia: So, what’s up? Deborah: Well, I told you I was having back pain a few…

Thanks for your thoughts and prayers and here is an update. Renal function: Summary, the results are better. Again, this is such concern because my kidneys are in such bad shape and the studies show that those with Multiple Myeloma and on dialysis survive, on average, 8 months. No one knows why renal failure makes…

With so many of you focused on your own issues related to COVID-19, I feel ashamed (in a way) of even mentioning this. However, tomorrow will be one of those pivotal days for me and I ask for your prayers and thoughts. I mentioned that in my last labs 2 weeks ago had a sudden…

In summary of what I was trying to say last time is that we would all agree that the COVID-19 pandemic can be considered as an act of evil against humanity because it causes a great deal of suffering and death. Like all events of evil, from wars to viruses, to accidents and cancer like…

We have all heard the chatter about the meaning of all of this. It may appear in causal conversations, in social media platforms, or from sermons. I predict before the end of this year, there will be books written explaining, not from a scientific but a philosophical or religious viewpoint, why the COVID-19 pandemic happened.…

As the title implies, I’m going to combine some update on my health information with some ramblings about what is on everyone’s mind, the COVID-19 pandemic. Good News I will start with some good news and that is I got another lab back on Tuesday, a 24-hour urine with a protein electrophoresis. The point of…

Once again, to break from the trend a few months ago, I have mostly good things to report. I was able to take a 5 week hiatus from chemo due to my cancer being in remission. During this break, my side effects from the chemo, which were getting way out of hand, slowly improved. I…

I really don’t have much to report but just a brief update. I just got back from two weeks of traveling, which I knew would be challenging, while enjoyable. It was great seeing family. I mentioned last time that I was starting to have significant side effects from Chemo, in the form of diarrhea, cramping,…

I have been working diligently, for over a month, doing my last edit of my novel Ristretto Rain. It is now “soaking” to borrow a term from my professional crabbing friends (btw, if you are one of those readers, please don’t use my jmichaeljoneswriter email address because it no longer works). In other words, the…