Caring for someone with multiple myeloma: 'I want to believe there will be a cure in our lifetime'

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Caring for someone with multiple myeloma: 'I want to believe there will be a cure in our lifetime'
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Do you know what it takes to care for someone witth multiplemyeloma? Sass Khassam shares his advice for other caregivers: 'Don't give up, and try to learn from others.' MyelomaCanada CaregiverON CdnCaregiving LLSCanada MCMAM2023 ...

My wife requires chemotherapy every two weeks, and naturally, chemo has other effects. This is done on an outpatient basis at the hospital, and she often doesn’t feel great for 24 hours afterwards. There are disadvantages to having chemo that often, but there are obviously advantages in terms of managing the cancer. COVID made treatment that much more difficult, but luckily, it didn’t delay her treatment.

charity. It never would have dawned on me, but there are people who, in order to be treated, have to relocate temporarily, and many can’t afford to do that.Through StayWell, we’ve provided more than 23,500 subsidized accommodations to people who needed it. The demand across Canada is three million nights and that’s a staggering number that tells us that people all over the country need help.

I believe that the funds we’re raising at events like The Journey will lead to research advances that will save more lives in the future. I want to believe that there will be a cure in our lifetime, but the question is: what can we reasonably expect given the complexity of this disease? I’m a realist, but I’d like to be proven wrong.

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