Real experience, honest conversation and hard-earned perspective for people living with MGUS, smoldering myeloma and multiple myeloma — and for the families who walk beside us.
Medical websites explain the disease. MMWarrior focuses on what the medical handouts often cannot: fear, fatigue, family, identity, purpose, treatment decisions and building a meaningful life while living with uncertainty.
First-person experience from diagnosis through treatment, transplant and long-term survivorship.
Recognition that cancer reaches spouses, children, grandchildren and caregivers too.
A Marine’s perspective on service, resilience, Camp Lejeune and navigating illness after the uniform.
A routine physical began a chain of appointments, conflicting opinions and a diagnosis that changed everything.
Worsening symptoms and further evaluation led to treatment and a new phase of the fight.
A day-by-day journal documented preparation, melphalan, engraftment, fear, humor, setbacks and recovery.
Patient representation at Mayo Clinic’s Myeloma and You Day, active participation in online myeloma communities, and continuing to share the realities of living with MM.
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