Someone asked me this question and now that I thought about, I put my thoughts here. This is not the type of list that you would see in a bookstore, certainly not a Christian bookstore. I simply wanted to make honest observations of what—I guess you would call lessons—I’ve learned so far. This is not…

I knew that this day would eventually come and whether it is here now is still not obvious. It is that place of transition between the healthy—even obligatory—period of grief that follows any loss, and the deeper sadness that can follow in the wake of reactive grief. I’ve never been one prone to depression, although…

After a long delay, we finally got the correct labs done to show if the chemotherapy is working. I will put a link to the graph below (if you are so interested) to show the changes over time. In summary, it appears that the chemo is working! The bad, cancer, cells (AKA IgG Lambda Light…

 CANCER MONITORING LABS: I said, a week ago, that I would do an update on Wednesday March 20th about a lab test that would tell if my chemo is working to suppress my cancer. Well, I have no news and it is now Monday. It is disheartening, but I’ve had another week of chaos in…

I spent the day yesterday reading research papers on renal injury from Multiple Myeloma. I have now read every paper ever published on the topic (seriously). Some of them twice or three times. It is s complex phenomena. We know that 30-50% of people like me, recover at least some of their renal function. We…

Again, thanks so much for those who came out (more than 15) last Saturday for our garden raising.  Due to all the work that was done then, and my work during the week, there is only a couple of hours of work left. We simply need to hang the wire and the boards and it…

It is a topic that most of us visit, although tangentially, now and then. When you are young, it is hard to even imagine what your last day on earth would look like. As you reach middle age, you see that day with a bit more clarity, but it is still not a subject of…

Summary: No, I’m not getting off dialysis anytime soon. Well, you know what say about good news and bad news? A few weeks ago I put here and on Face Book that my nephrologist called me and said he was ready to kick me off dialysis. I said then, it did not make sense (and…

I was going to wait until tomorrow to do an update, but I’m doing this one now to solicit prayer. Tomorrow will be a big day. I go to the lab early and get my comprehensive labs drawn. Those labs are the first done in two weeks and will tell me how I have done…