Survivor Stories

Barbara Hammack Survivor Story

myeloma — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 08:30:27 -0500

I'M A SURVIVOR!
Barbara Hammack
August 2007

Whenever I am privileged to speak to a newly-diagnosed myeloma patient, I always start by saying, "I was diagnosed in 1991." Once they quit gasping, I know I have already given them they hope they need.

David Puente-

demerson — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 10:29:27 -0600

By his wife, Lori, on 12/12/08] We were diagnosed in June, 2008. Dave is an otherwise healthy male, 49 years old (as of Dec 2008), Hispanic origin. He is a telecom engineer. After diagnosis a friend of mine in Kentucky in the horse business called me and told me to get Dave into a hyperbaric chamber for Dave's transplant. She lives next door to a rehab center for thoroughbreds who use hyperbaric for horses and other animals, and I have met them on several occasions.

Earl Kielley Survivor Story

myeloma — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 06:40:00 -0600

Here is my story of how I REVERSED PRE-CANCEROUS PROSTATE CELLS.

My story starts with my wife passing away from MM in September of 1998. Hers was a 7 year effort.

Jim Bond Long Term Survivor Story

myeloma — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 08:21:00 -0500

In 2002, after three stem cell transplants had provided a decade of remissions, Jim Bond of Shaker Heights, Ohio, was running out of options. His multiple myeloma, a cancer of bone marrow plasma cells, was raging out of control, and Jim knew he was facing death. That's when he and his wife Kathleen asked his doctor about a new drug they had learned was showing promising results in early clinical trials.

Update from Jim Bond:

June Pruitt, Class of '73: Lived with MM 22 Years Using Alternative Medicine

demerson — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 09:00:07 -0500

June Pruitt
10.29.95

1929 / Class of '73 / Lived with MM 22 years; used alternative medicine / Died 10-29-95

[This report was prepared by her husband, Ves Pruitt. Additional comments about her medical treatment are from phone conversations that June Brazil had with her during 1993/94.]

Katty Wasserman's 17 year mm story

demerson — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 07:51:09 -0600

My mom, Katty Wasserman, was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma in 1991
at the age of 59. The disease was inactive for about 6 years. Within
that time, she was checked frequently by doctors. She also did tons
of research and read everything she could about Multiple Myeloma. In
1997, an oncologist suggested treating the disease. My mother, based
on everything she had read, didn't think she needed it....yet. She
ended up not being treated for two more years.

She eventually ended up at the Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, FL with

Margaret of Margaret's Corner Blog

demerson — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 10:44:06 -0600

"I was diagnosed with MGUS in 1999 and with MM at the end of December,
2005. My MM diagnosis, coldly spelled out in my bone marrow biopsy report,
gave me the incentive to do some serious research online.

In January 2006 I came across the curcumin/myeloma research project headed by Prof. Bharat
Aggarwal at the MD Anderson Cancer Research Center, University of Texas.

Rhonda Solomon Survivor Story

myeloma — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 00:02:02 -0600

I was at my place of work in 1985 when I had a fall cracking a couple of ribs. When the Doctor examined me at this time, he asked me whether or not I was aware that I had an enlarged heart. Of course I was not. So he sent me off to have blood tests and then referred me to a Hematologist at Royal Perth Hospital, where I underwent further M.R.I. scans and various other tests.

Smoldering Myeloma - 11 Year Case Study Using Supplements-Are supplements an alternative to conventional treatment of SMM?

demerson — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 09:20:54 -0500

Backrground:

Based on the International Myeloma Working Group’s definition1 smoldering myeloma is defined as:
• M Protein > 3000mg/dl
• Bone Marrow>10% plasma cells
• Asymptomatic
• No related organ or tissue impairment

Standard recommendations for treatment for smoldering myeloma include observation for progression of disease.