Multiple Myeloma

2-13-14

Had a good, and short, visit with Dr. Abonour and staff yesterday.  Not all blood test results were available when Mary Ann and I left, but Dr. Abonour said I continue to be in remission.  He also said that after another two or three "two weeks on, two weeks off" regimen, I probably would be "off" for a longer period with regular but less frequent testing.  All in all, very good news, and I began an "on" period last evening.

I got some smiles from him and the nurse sitting in: when I lamented that I was no longer the most famous MM sufferer i.e. Tom Brokaw; when I wondered if my fatigue was due more to age and weather than disease and treatment therefor (he suggested, and the nurse nodded, that I should keep going to Tracy for physical therapy and add some exercise on my own); when I mentioned "light headed" and mused that the pipe might often be the cause (he did not even hint that I should quit, probably thinking it would be a wasted of his words); and when I wondered if he could prescribe a trip to the Caymans.

In no way did we feel he was hurrying us along, but we got the message - he has more critical patients with whom to deal.

I may not get back here for a couple of weeks - seems foolish to keep saying all is as well as could be expected.  I know cure is not in the future, but control is, and that is enough.  I have had thoughts with which to enliven this blog, like, is ours the only house not warm enough in the winter and too warm in the summer without touching the thermostat, but I won't bother you readers with such non MM matters, except: I have been trying to understand quantum computers and, in connection with the Wednesday group of which I am the iconoclast, who was Jesus, and the understanding of the first is more likely to come before understanding the second.

I hope as you read this, you are as healthy as I, age adjusted.
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