~ Poems of Love ~
The following poems have been written by me, for my husband Hamada, who suffered from Multiple Myeloma [IgG Kappa] a cancer of the plasma cells, which are found in the bone marrow. After many months of chemotherapy, contracting pneumonia twice, once given only twelve hours to live and having three bad fractures to his spine and also showing in his Pelvis, he made it to four years seven months. The Multiple Myeloma attacked his Kidneys first showing at diagnosis in May 2006 leaving Hamada only a small percentage of kidney function. He never complained, using his most amazing smile even when I knew he had severe pain. Hamada underwent a Stem Cell Transplant using his own 'harvested stem cells' . During October 2007 he spent seventeen days in the "Centre For Clinical Haematology" at Nottingham City Hospital UK. where he achieved this transplant. We had a scare at six months after transplant, when told 'the beast was back' but subsequent tests showed a partial remission. Again in early 2009 it was confirmed that Hamada was out of remission He fought again during 2010 with newer chemo type drugs. First with Velcade and then with Revlimid but to no avail. His Kidneys were failing further and Hamada chose not to have dialysis. This blog contains poems and updates, written for Hamada, telling of our life together.
Now a beautiful book has been published, see
http://www.susiehemingway.com/books/
showing Hamada's personal fight against Multiple Myeloma in the first fifty 'poems of love' written by me his wife. I hope you like these poems of love and also 'our story' dedicated to Hamada, who passed away peacefully at home on 23 November 2010 after a most courageous fight against Multiple Myeloma.
Should I be praying
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6 comments:
Hi Susie,
I just got your email and came straight on your webiste. Its so lovely and clearly so full of love and hope - something that everyone touches you with... Im sat in the office with three other girls and we are all sat in tears at how beautiful your poems are.
You and Hamada are both such amazing people - heroes in your own kind with so much love and determination... I admire you both for that so much.
Sending lots of love xxx
Thank you so much for your kind comments and for all the e-mails I am receiving.
Sending you 'buckets of stars',
Susie x
You have an Angel, I'm sure
Well, something is guiding me ! Thank you
Such a pretty poem, so clever and well constucted.
Bill Canyon
Thank you Bill for your nice comment
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