Chemotherapy
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Stem Cell Transplants (by a Dummy for Dummies) – Part 2
I’ve been putting off writing up the concluding chapter of my stem cell transplant post. Part of it has been that I’ve been busy. C’mon, give me a break. Although, I’m less busy right now as I’ve fallen victim, professionally, to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic sweeping the globe. Now, I’m a full-time blogger and musician, as well as, I guess, a full-time job seeker. Okay, so I guess you can’t have three full-time positions. You get my drift though. But, I think the biggest part of my delaying this seemingly inevitable post is that I’m not particularly enthusiastic about drumming up memories of November. I mean, I don’t want to…
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A Beginner’s Guide to Dealing with Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea
The reason I started this blog site was to not only document my story of living with multiple myeloma, but also hopefully create a set of resources for others who become diagnosed with multiple myeloma – letting them know they’re not alone, that others are experiencing the same (or at least similar) situations, and hopefully providing some insights into how to approach and deal with all that might be forthcoming (or even informing them of stuff they don’t know might be forthcoming). To that end, today, I want to talk about chemotherapy and a very common side effect, nausea. During my six months of induction treatment after being diagnosed with…