Life is not about the steps you’ve taken, or the places you’ve been, it’s about the footprints you leave behind. My name is Cindy AKA @MyelomaTeacher and I hope the digital footprints I leave behind help a future generation of myeloma warriors become empowered patients. I have grown tremendously as a person since my myeloma […]
I had a plasma cytoma removed from my spinal cord in 2001. Several years passed and multiple myeloma was diagnosed. I was given 3 to 5 years to live, and was told it was a stage MM four from a prominent Michigan oncologist. I did go on treatment of Thalidomide and dextamethisone. Here’s the important point, 8 […]
My own journey with Myeloma began in Aug. 1999, when I was diagnosed with a solitary plasmacytoma in my right femur prompting an immediate hip replacement. When I was told the nature of my tumor I replied, “Multiple Myeloma? Is it like Melanoma?” I was soon to learn much more about this disease and its […]