kellye's Cancer Blog
April 16, 2010
A good friend has been diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma last week. He was told this was a type of cancer, but I don’t see anything listed below about it. Does anyone on here have that or know anything other than what I have researched online? I am always leary about what I read on the internet, but I have gotten on Mayo’s web site and found out a lot of info. But I wanted to talk to someone that has been personally affected by this. I may not post as much as lately but I read all your blogs and pray for all of you every night. Love to you all.
December 29, 2009
I hope this helps at least one of you. It’s amazing technology for people to communicate with you.
For Christmas my cousin set up the neatest thing for my elderly aunt. She is 85 years old and doesn’t want to learn aything about the computer, emailing, surfing the web, anything, but she loves hearing from people. (Although her older sister even has a faebook page) Since she naps during the day some we all avoid calling her as much as we should for fear that we will wake her. Her granddaugher got her Presto Mail Service. We will all be able to communicate with her through this service. It is set up to print by her easy chair 3 times a day. Whenever we send her an email, or one with a picture, it prints out at the next scheulded time. It was set up a few days ago and she is loving all the emails she is getting. It is a great way to keep in touch with someone that doesn’t have email. Of course, she can’t respond back but you can set it up just for who you want to accept mail from and avoid spam. This would be great for someone battling cancer that doesn’t want to talk on the phone much or is too sick to email. It lets you know people are thinking of you even when you are too tired to communicate back. I know I sound like I am a sales rep for Presto, but I am just amazed at technology all the time. This is just an idea that is working for my family that I wanted to share with my family here. I had no idea something like this was out there. For anyone interested the web address is www.Presto.com.
Kelly – Thanks for your comment. I am kinda freaked out by how many people have passed this month. All way to young. I am starting to realize how strong cancer is. They went so quickly. I am truly sad. Just can’t believe it.
Posted on To Jill and everyone else on here;
I should have realized my posting above was actually promoting another web site. I am so sorry. I don’t know what I was thinking. I was just excited about being able to communicate with my aunt. Again, I apologize to Jill and all of you here. It was with the best intentions, but I was wrong and should not have posted the information. I have loved this site and have received so much support from everyone and hope I have been able to return some of that to others. So sorry, Kellye
Posted on Dear Kellye; If you didn’t post this information I would have been saddened since it could help a lot of our family here at the blog. I took no offence at you offering that website. Rules are rules but I’m sure Jill didn’t mind you doing that. I have never heard of it, but maybe that’s because it is in U.S. only not Canada? Anyway thanks as always.
Posted on Happy New Year Kellye! Thanks for telling us about this service above. I had no idea this was possible and it would be great for anyone who wants to know there thought about but does not want to get on the computer…. understandable.. my eyes are burning out from the light of the screen… need to get stronger and stronger glasses and I am sure its from the glare.
Well, hope you enjoyed a rewarding holiday season… REALLY love the pics of your family . . . and I just wanted to take a moment to check in and let you know your being thought about. . . .
Seeing the pics makes me think of all of those people cancer survivors who are living with cancer too—-. Its as challenging for caretakers, . . . I don;t know about you but the shock of the Haitian earthquake has me so sad . . . seeing all the death. . . and seeing Jill’s post above. . . I am so sensitive to loss now. . . and its easier to cry. Its feel good to have empathy and not be so selfish—as an artist one can be self-indulgent.
The anniversary of Barbara’s death has passed a few months ago and I hope you are holding up with much support and love around you. . . you’ve experienced a lot of loss and I hope that your life gets a little easier relative to loss.
Thinking about you with a hug and smile, Frank
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Thanks for your support - 
I have friend who has been in remission with this cancer for about 6 mos. She received treatment at the university of Arkansas for medical sciences (UAMS) myeloma institute. She is doing well and sings the praises of the medical team there. She is going back for her first checkup in may. The phone number for appointments is 501-686-8000 per the web site. Hope this helps, Colleen
Dear Kelleye: On our website on homepage click on members then type of cancer. Once you are there go to the left where there is a long list of cancers. Click on the Multiple Myeloma and you will find 5 members from here. This is the blog of one of them that I communicate with.
http://sjgcbm.blogforacure.com/weblog
I sent you a post but it is being checked out by Jill beofore you receive it. It is about the people here at the Blog who have this type of cancer. You can read their history. I sent you one of the addresses which is a no no until it gets approved. Anyway the instructions are as follows: Go and click on members, type of cancer, look on the list on the left and click on the one that you need to find. There you will find the members that are part of this blog and you can read all their posts and also write to them if you have any questions. Hope this helps.