Personal stories of myeloma

My name is Jean Lelievre and I was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in June 2021 at the age of 65. In the spring of 2021, following a hike with our dog Charlie, I thought I had pinched the sciatic nerve in my right leg. Unfortunately, even after several physio treatments, the pain was worsening.

My name is Betty Boudreau and I was diagnosed with multiple myeloma (MM) on July 4th, 2018. I was 62 and had never heard of multiple myeloma.Two years into my diagnosisThe process of identifying a disease by its signs and symptoms. my eldest daughter Misty was also diagnosed with multiple myeloma.

My name is Susan McElwain. I was born in Toronto, Ontario, 1960. I was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma in December 2016. Previous to my assessed illnesses I was an avid sports enthusiast and relished in the idea of worldwide travel. During my twenties I resided in Kailua and Honolulu, Hawaii, and in Porto Ercole and Rome, Italy.

My name is Germaine Nadon, I live solo and I am a myeloma patient. At the time of my diagnosis, I Iived in Kelowna, in the interior of British Columbia. I had access to a cancerA term for diseases in which malignant cells divide without control. Cancer cells can invade nearby tissues and spread through the bloodstream and lymphatic system to other parts of the body. centre that provided some treatments, but no transplant options.

I would like to share my experiences with you as a Black African cancer patient, the series of battles I fought against cancer, the barrage of treatments I underwent, the notions people in our community still have about cancer, the Art of Caregiving to ca

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April 26 will mark 7 years since I first heard the words ‘multiple myeloma’, and the shock that came with it! While it will soon be 7 years since my diagnosis, it still feels like it was yesterday. Fortunately, with time, the first anxieties and fears I

I walked out to my bike in front of St. Michael’s Hospital, where I had been working since 1995. It was just after 5:00 pm on a lovely Monday evening in late August 2015. I was catching up with a colleague, telling him about how much fun last week’s campi

It was 2011, I was 42 years old. I had just started kickboxing. A couple of weeks in I had a pain in my back. I thought I had pulled a muscle. Over the next 2 weeks the pain in my back was getting worse. I went to my family doctor who prescribed painkille

My journey with multiple myeloma began 23 years ago in 2000. I had blood work done when I had my physical two or three months earlier and results came back showing a low hemoglobin with a comment by the lab, “sticky cells.”