What I wish I knew about Multiple Myeloma treatments 25 years later...
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Conventional, Integrative and Alternative-Multiple Myeloma Cancer Coaching-
Multiple Myeloma Patients and Survivors Must use the Best of Both Conventional (FDA approved) and Evidence-based Non-Conventional Therapies- You’ve been diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma (MM). Your
Continue readingMind-Body Therapy for Cancer…Marriage?
Mind-Body Therapy is one of the most inexpensive, convenient, under appreciated yet most effective cancer therapies available today. With every cancer diagnosis comes a prognosis. It is essential for your
Continue reading“What can a MM cancer coach do for me? Multiple Myeloma Cancer Coaching
Multiple Myeloma Cancer Coaching Enhances Patient Decision-making answering questions from a long-term MM survivor’s point-of-view- A cancer diagnosis is difficult. A diagnosis of incurable cancer
Continue readingCosts, Health Ins, E.O.B.s and More- Multiple Myeloma-
“The staggering cost of (myeloma) cancer care forces many patients to file for bankruptcy, and that financial stress may play a role in cutting their lives short, new research suggests. If you have
Continue readingMultiple Myeloma Overall Survival Statistics
Multiple Myeloma Overall 5-Year Survival Statistics are confusing at best. Misleading at worst. I was diagnosed in 1994 and was told I was end-stage in 1997. By 1999, I reached full remission by undergoing
Continue readingMultiple Myeloma Requires “Body-wide Immune Response”
Fighting off cancer (MM) requires the concerted efforts of immune molecules throughout the body, rather than just in the tumor itself… There is a long and growing list of FDA approved chemotherapy
Continue readingAutologous Stem Cell Transplantation for Multiple Myeloma- Overall Survival vs. PFS
“Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (ASCT) remains a dangerous procedure with many possible complications; it is reserved for patients with life-threatening diseases” You have been diagnosed
Continue readingProof that Cancer Second Opinion is Critical
According to George, “Patients diagnosed with cancer should first do research on the type of cancer, treatment, and get a second opinion” Dear Cancer Coach-I was diagnosed with a rare cancer
Continue readingNewly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma Patients Have Poor Understanding of Their Disease
“patients have a poor understanding of prognosis, survival, and effectiveness of chemotherapy, particularly in the setting of advanced cancer (multiple myeloma).” I was diagnosed with multiple
Continue reading“Why Me?” Spirituality and Multiple Myeloma
“Spirituality is understood to be a “personal search to understand final questions about life, its meaning, its relationship to sacredness or transcendence..” If you have been diagnosed with
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