tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80593951796505626552012-04-28T13:29:15.138-07:00My Life with MyelomaLon Nesselerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05544465172485743313noreply@blogger.comBlogger112125 http://nesseler-medical.blogspot.com/2012/04/hybrid-man.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8059395179650562655.post-23927949957876881412012-04-28T13:29:00.000-07:002012-04-28T13:29:15.153-07:00

A, B, O, AB. If you are someone like me, who wishes Grey's Anatomy to end soon and forever (if I thought any medical staff behaved like the staff of Seattle Grace, I'd never go near an hospital again), then you've also heard, when transfusions are involved, the order to "type and crossmatch" the blood. You know that mixing types can be dangerous. There's more, of course, but who cares? I can

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After 2005 auto transplant  |       After 2010 Allo       |      After 2011 DLI                     Be sure to click on the photo for the large view. Today, for the first time since early December, and with considerable assistance, I made it downstairs from the second floor (sixteen steps and a landing), got in the car, then went back upstairs. The went-backing part was considerably more

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I haven't blogged since late November, but it's not because I didn't want to catch you up on what has happened since then, but rather because I have been physically and mentally unable to do it. Instead, I went ahead with a lymphocyte infusion from a second donation from my donor. The result has been largely unexpected, overwhelming, and quite improbable. I wrote the whole story this week,

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I perked up considerably this week when I heard that my young donor has agreed to donate again! In fact, she will be making the donation on the eighth of November, and the cells, on ice, will be flown to San Diego the following day where they will be divided and frozen. So, in about a week I will receive my first lymphocyte infusion (DLI). Cure is still a possibility! We do have

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The little brown man in the dark blue uniform stared at me with steady eyes that revealed absolutely nothing: they very well might have been buttons sewn onto his face. He was small in stature for a Migra (Border Patrol Agent), and old in a weather-beaten way. Despite his stature, I could tell he could put me on the ground in two seconds without breaking a sweat. He said, "There is another paper

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Steve Jobs infuriated family and doctors by putting off surgery in favor of alternative treatments. For more than a year, he relied on "fruit juices, acupuncture, herbal remedies and other Internet treatments." While being one of very few people who have had their cancer's complete gene sequence identified, he dabbled in medical voodoo. Even the most rational of us, in the face of a terrifying

<font color="#000000" ><p><Img align="left" border="0" height="1" width="1" style="border:0;float:left;margin:0;padding:0" hspace="0" src="http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/i/27777680/0/nesseler-medical"><p>Steve Jobs infuriated family and doctors by putting off surgery in favor of alternative treatments. For more than a year, he relied on "fruit juices, acupuncture, herbal remedies and other Internet treatments." While being one of very few people who have had their cancer's complete gene sequence identified, he dabbled in medical voodoo. Even the most rational of us, in the face of a...<p style="clear:left"><a href="http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/27777680/0/nesseler-medical">Read the whole entry...</a>&nbsp;<!-- _!fbztxtlnk!_ http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/27777680/0/nesseler-medical -->&raquo;</p></font><p><div style="clear:both;">Click the link above for the whole post.</div></p> <div style="clear:both;padding-top:1em;"><a title="Share on FaceBook" href="http://feeds.feedblitz.com/_/2/27777680/nesseler-medical"><img height="20" src="http://assets.feedblitz.com/i/fbshare.png" style="border:0;float:left;margin:0px 3px 0px;padding:0"></a> <a title="Add to My Space" href="http://feeds.feedblitz.com/_/11/27777680/nesseler-medical"><img height="20" src="http://assets.feedblitz.com/i/myspaceflare.png" style="border:0;float:left;margin:0px 3px 0px;padding:0"></a> <a title="Subscribe by email" href="http://feeds.feedblitz.com/_/19/27777680/nesseler-medical"><img height="20" src="http://assets.feedblitz.com/i/emailsubscribe.png" style="border:0;float:left;margin:0px 3px 0px;padding:0"></a> <a title="Subscribe by RSS" href="http://feeds.feedblitz.com/_/20/27777680/nesseler-medical"><img height="20" src="http://assets.feedblitz.com/i/rss.png" style="border:0;float:left;margin:0px 3px 0px;padding:0"></a> <a title="View Comments" href="http://nesseler-medical.blogspot.com/2011/10/steve-jobs-delayed-surgery-in-favor-of.html#comment-form"><img height="20" style="border:0;float:left;margin:0px 3px 0px;padding:0" src="http://assets.feedblitz.com/i/comments.png"></a> <a title="Follow Comments via RSS" href="http://nesseler-medical.blogspot.com/feeds/2873116828216838755/comments/default"><img height="20" style="border:0;float:left;margin:0px 3px 0px;padding:0" src="http://assets.feedblitz.com/i/commentrss.png"></a>&nbsp; <div style="clear:left;"><h3><a href="http://nesseler-medical.blogspot.com/2011/10/steve-jobs-delayed-surgery-in-favor-of.html#comment-form">Comments</a></h3><ul><li><a href="http://nesseler-medical.blogspot.com/2011/10/steve-jobs-delayed-surgery-in-favor-of.html#comment-form">Comments</a></li></ul></div> </div>Lon Nesselerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05544465172485743313noreply@blogger.com0 http://nesseler-medical.blogspot.com/2011/10/seconds-to-go-time-for-hail-mary-pass.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8059395179650562655.post-29438558539726667422011-10-14T15:28:00.000-07:002011-10-15T10:07:56.537-07:00

After the usual tests, plus a bunch more, it became clear that my new immune system can no longer contain the cancer. The speed with which my markers are deteriorating is frightening. The cancer (FLCs) jumped by a factor of 1.7 in one month and is accelerating. Pain from neuropathy is also worsening: I needed only one Vicodin 5/500 a day for pain, but now I need up to three. And if that weren't

<font color="#000000" ><p><Img align="left" border="0" height="1" width="1" style="border:0;float:left;margin:0;padding:0" hspace="0" src="http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/i/27681241/0/nesseler-medical"><p>After the usual tests, plus a bunch more, it became clear that my new immune system can no longer contain the cancer. The speed with which my markers are deteriorating is frightening. The cancer (FLCs) jumped by a factor of 1.7 in one month and is accelerating. Pain from neuropathy is also worsening: I needed only one Vicodin 5/500 a day for pain, but now I need up to three. And if that...<p style="clear:left"><a href="http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/27681241/0/nesseler-medical">Read the whole entry...</a>&nbsp;<!-- _!fbztxtlnk!_ http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/27681241/0/nesseler-medical -->&raquo;</p></font><p><div style="clear:both;">Click the link above for the whole post.</div></p> <div style="clear:both;padding-top:1em;"><a title="Share on FaceBook" href="http://feeds.feedblitz.com/_/2/27681241/nesseler-medical"><img height="20" src="http://assets.feedblitz.com/i/fbshare.png" style="border:0;float:left;margin:0px 3px 0px;padding:0"></a> <a title="Add to My Space" href="http://feeds.feedblitz.com/_/11/27681241/nesseler-medical"><img height="20" src="http://assets.feedblitz.com/i/myspaceflare.png" style="border:0;float:left;margin:0px 3px 0px;padding:0"></a> <a title="Subscribe by email" href="http://feeds.feedblitz.com/_/19/27681241/nesseler-medical"><img height="20" src="http://assets.feedblitz.com/i/emailsubscribe.png" style="border:0;float:left;margin:0px 3px 0px;padding:0"></a> <a title="Subscribe by RSS" href="http://feeds.feedblitz.com/_/20/27681241/nesseler-medical"><img height="20" src="http://assets.feedblitz.com/i/rss.png" style="border:0;float:left;margin:0px 3px 0px;padding:0"></a> <a title="View Comments" href="http://nesseler-medical.blogspot.com/2011/10/seconds-to-go-time-for-hail-mary-pass.html#comment-form"><img height="20" style="border:0;float:left;margin:0px 3px 0px;padding:0" src="http://assets.feedblitz.com/i/comments.png"></a> <a title="Follow Comments via RSS" href="http://nesseler-medical.blogspot.com/feeds/2943855853972666742/comments/default"><img height="20" style="border:0;float:left;margin:0px 3px 0px;padding:0" src="http://assets.feedblitz.com/i/commentrss.png"></a>&nbsp; <div style="clear:left;"><h3><a href="http://nesseler-medical.blogspot.com/2011/10/seconds-to-go-time-for-hail-mary-pass.html#comment-form">Comments</a></h3><ul><li><a href="http://nesseler-medical.blogspot.com/2011/10/seconds-to-go-time-for-hail-mary-pass.html#comment-form">Comments</a></li></ul></div> </div>Lon Nesselerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05544465172485743313noreply@blogger.com0 http://nesseler-medical.blogspot.com/2011/09/eulogy-for-ebbe.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8059395179650562655.post-36640389835177519522011-09-17T11:37:00.000-07:002011-09-17T11:37:48.632-07:00

Ebbe Skov was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, an incurable, universally fatal cancer, in 1999, less than a year after I was. In such a horrible context, it was great good luck that I met him and his devoted wife Margrit at a local support group meeting. A difficult journey into a strange and terrible land is always easier with amiable companions, and he was certainly that for me: always cheerful

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This morning I was up early despite having a restless night. My second-floor bedroom opens unto a small balcony. I listened to the birds at the feeder about ten feet away: it hangs from a nail under the eaves. Actually, what roused me was what I was not hearing: the raucous sound of finches, sparrows, doves, and the occasional scrub jay squabbling over the six prime feeder positions. (Although at

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Contact between a marrow donor and the recipient is tightly controlled. At this point, though, I can write to my donor just so long as the letter contains absolutely nothing that can identify me. This I have done, and I'm sharing it with you now. Monday, August 22, 2011My Dear Donor, I have hesitated to write to you because, no matter how hard I’ve tried, I can’t find adequate words to thank

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