When you hear “multiple myeloma,” your mind can race ahead of your body. Appointments. Lab numbers. New words. Hard choices. And then the quiet moments, when you’re alone with your thoughts and you wonder, “Am I going to be able to do this?” Courage, in cancer care, often looks ordinary. It’s showing up to the…
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Multiple Myeloma and Byte Therapy (Digital Support That Fits Real Life)
When you hear “multiple myeloma,” your mind can race ahead of your body. Appointments. Lab numbers. New words. Hard choices. And then the quiet moments, when you’re alone with your thoughts and you wonder, “Am I going to be able to do this?” Courage, in cancer care, often looks ordinary. It’s showing up to the…
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Making decisions after a cancer diagnosis
The words land first. “You have cancer.” The room still looks the same, but nothing feels the same. You may hear the doctor talking, see lips moving, yet inside, everything goes quiet. Then the questions rush in at once. What now? What do I choose? How do I stay standing? In that moment, cancer diagnosis…
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Living with Parkinson’s Disease
What does it feel like when your own body stops following your lead? For many people, hearing the words “You have Parkinson’s disease” lands with the same shock as hearing “You have cancer.” Time bends, the room blurs, and a new life begins in the space of a single breath. In this space, I see…
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Living With Cancer: Finding Courage In Every Ordinary Day
I picture you at your kitchen table, maybe with a mug cooling beside your hand. The house is quiet, but your mind is not. When you hear the words you have cancer, life splits into a “before” and an “after”. The shock, the fear, the questions about work, kids, money, your future, they all crowd…
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