Well not that anyone will ever read this but will catch up from last blog of about 7-8 years ago. Retired almost 5 years ago right after Christmas vacation, happy 65 Birthday to me.. Had a few good months started Bucket list with trip through Panama Canal with Barbara in March, fabulous. Cancun in May with Corrine and Jim and Sandra came also Arlene and Benny were there. Had a really nice time except while exercise walking one morning I tripped and fell and broke my teeth and really scratched up my face an shoulder and inside of my lip had a good sized hole. Didn't go to Dr. or hospital,wound up ok. Enjoyed trip. Corrine had said she had something going on on her side but she seem ok on trip.
Sept Barbara and I took a cruise to Bay of Fundy, another Bucket list trip. It was good but couldn't see Bay of Fundy the way I wanted. Visited Maine and lighthouses and Harvard.Then Corrine had surgery. Really extensive Hysterectomy and colostomy. She was in the hospital a few weeks. Then Chemo, then she had a slight stoke. She never completely recovered and passed away about two years later it was only really bad the last week. Midway though her illness Anthony was diagnosed with a throat cancer and after a while he went into a nursing home. He lasted about 6 months after Corrine. Meanwhile I was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma and the numbers were such that I didn't needed to be treated at that time but during testing about the myeloma they found a mixoma in my heart. So I had open heart surgery. two months before Corrine passed away. Her funeral was the day of hurricane Sandy.
Barbara came to stay with me a week or so after heart surgery as Jodi was just going back to work. When I was healed enough from heart surgery I got rechecked for myeloma an had to start treatment.
It was chemo but pills and a shot in the belly every week. this went on about 3 or 4 months it didn't bother me too much. Then I had a stem cell transplant in early May I went into the hospital the day after my brother was buried.The transplant was brutal.The transplant itself wasn't painful, I was in the hospital like 14 or 15 days and was really weak.
Barbara stayed with me again for over a week because I was so weak. Then in July I had another stem cell transplant at NIH. It was and stayed in their lodge.like the first only I didn't get all weak and only had to stay 5 days. Jodi came with me and stayed in their lodge.
I've been pretty good since then all tests have been good since then and it has been 4 1/2 yrs since it all started and a little over a year since the last transplant.
