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Feb 244 min read
On Relapses, Retreats, and Returns
It’s been one year since my health took its latest turn. Perhaps it was a relapse. Perhaps a pseudo-flare. Perhaps the label does not...


Feb 201 min read
Staying Alive - Song of the Month
By The Bee Gees If you happen to find yourself trapped in the Way Back Time Machine and it is late 1977 this is what you will find as the...


Feb 203 min read
No What!
Forest Service Sign seen on a hiking trail: Warning – Extreme Hazard – No Water, No Shade, No Cell Service HMMM? This past month I...


Jan 211 min read
Brand New Man - Song of the Month
By Brooks and Dunn Well, at what point do any of us become “brand new”? Each and every day?; when we survive a CAR T Cell procedure?; or...


Jan 214 min read
???
Not sure where this is all going, so let us begin here: Welcome to the start of the second decade. I was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma...


Dec 21, 20241 min read
Sloop John B - Song of the Month
By The Beach Boys Take a look at the video and you will see two original members of the Beach Boys still managing to provide us with...


Dec 21, 20244 min read
The Trip
“…. This is the worst/best trip, I’ve ever been on” -- Beach Boys, Sloop John B Happy Holidays to all who visit this site. May the joys...


Nov 26, 20241 min read
Walk Like An Egyptian - Song of the Month
By The Bangles I dare you to listen to this song and watch the video and not crack a smile. Go ahead. Try It. It is virtually impossible....


Nov 26, 20243 min read
Gobble Gobble
Post Car T cell update at 11 months: Hard to believe that it has been 11 months since my Car T cell procedure. At times it seems as if it...


Oct 24, 20241 min read
Someone To Watch Over Me & Dark Eyes - Song(s) Of The Month
By Hot Club Of Cowtown This month features not one but two songs by Hot Club Of Cowtown. I came across their rendition of Someone To...


Oct 24, 20243 min read
Just Livin’
OK first things first - A 10-month post Car T cell update: The latest blood draw shows no evidence of a monoclonal peak which has always...


Sep 24, 20241 min read
Delilah - Song of the Month
By Tom Jones OK, this song has absolutely nothing to do with MM or cancer. And quite honestly, I really am not sure what the message is...


Sep 24, 20243 min read
11 Holes?
How in heavens name does one recover and pick up the pieces of what was your life after you hear those words “you have cancer”? That is...


Aug 26, 20241 min read
My Life - Song of the Month
By Billy Joel I am beyond grateful for my doc’s. They have kept me alive for almost 10 years. And I am humbled by their expertise and...


Aug 26, 20244 min read
To Fish Or Not To Fish
I am not an angler. In fact, the last time I wetted a line so to speak was…. Well, I cannot remember. It was well before I was diagnosed...


Jul 23, 20241 min read
Dream On - Song of the Month
By Aerosmith Hard to believe but this song qualifies as an oldie but goodie. Yes, it has been around for a long time. And I am surprised...


Jul 23, 20244 min read
Dream On
“I have learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our disposition and not upon our...


Jun 24, 20241 min read
A Better Man - Song of the Month
By Clint Black How could the song of the month not include the word “better;” and what a wonderful tie to this Clint Black mega hit. His...


Jun 24, 20243 min read
Better
Happy June! What a month – warmer mornings and evenings begin to become the routine. The start of summer. Sitting outside on the porch,...


May 22, 20243 min read
It is not about more.
First an update: It has been almost 150 days since I received my reconfigured T-cells and according to the most recent blood draw...
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