~ Poems of Love ~
The following poems have been written by me, for my husband Hamada, who is suffering 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 now showing in his Pelvis, we have made it to three years! The Muliple Myeloma also attacked his Kidneys, first showing at diagnosis in May 2006 leaving Hamada only a small percentage of kidney function. He never complains, using his most amazing smile even when I know he has severe pain. Hamada has achieved 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. Now once again in 2009 it has been confirmed that Hamada is out of remission. This blog contains poems written for Hamada, telling of our life together, also updates on Hamada's journey, and his personal fight, against Multiple Myeloma :Info @
http://www.myeloma.org.uk/ I hope you like these poems of love and this site is dedicated to Hamada.
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7 comments:
Hello Susie! I had responded to your BBC interview on your Facebook. I was really moved by your interview and your open and clear expression of what "we" are dealing with in this disease and even any long term debilitating illness for someone we love.
Well done Susie!
Love to you both. Lori
Thank you so much Lori, for the very lovely comments here and also the ones you placed on Facebook. I have been inundated with calls and messages today... even had flowers to the new Lincoln Laureate...how nice was that! many have been moved by the interview, as long as this helps to raise the profile for M.M. All very best wishes to you both.
Hugs Susie
We are so proud of you, The interview was inspiring, thought provoking and deeply moving. You are such a special couple.
Suzie - Your blog is always so inspiring. Sometimes I visit here just because I need a lift.
Thank you Don for such a lovely comment...I do hope you were able to transfer to my .com blog and listen to the BBC Interview, where I read " I Write For You" Thank you, for all you write too, always so informative... You and Sunshine know only too well what I was talking about, I wish you good health always.
Listening to the interview as I write this, Susie. Comments up on your web site...
Much love from this side of the pond, my dear friend.
Susie - As you know I'm relatively new to the Myeloma community, so, it is with great admiration and appreciation that I listened to your interview with Judy Theobald on BBC Radio. Because Multiple Myeloma is a relatively newcomer to the cancer world and accounts for only 1% of all cancers, education is key and primary for our overall survival. We need funding and more research - your interview may just have helped that cause. Thank you for sharing Hamada's story to help all of us! You are appreciated very much. Respectfully, Lora Conrad, USA
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