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Note: This column describes the author’s own experiences with autologous stem cell transplant. Not everyone will have the same response to treatment. Consult your doctor…

I reach for a word that does not exist in ordinary language. My mum has been quiet all morning, not in pain exactly, but carrying…

Multiple myeloma grabbed one last headline as we closed out Blood Cancer Awareness Month last week. On Sept. 29, Lady A singer…

I check the morning light coming through the window, and then I check my mum. Before I even speak, I am already reading the signs.

Know how Superman gets his superpowers because of our yellow sun? Or how Popeye gets super-strength from just one can of spinach? That’s sort of…

I sit in the waiting room with a half-read magazine on my lap and realize that I haven’t turned a single page. The clock on…

I live in Southern California wine country. It’s harvest season here. Workers are plucking grapes from acres of vineyards, sending them off to the crush…

I sit at the kitchen table late at night with a notebook open in front of me. My mum is asleep in the next room.

“But you look great!” Have you ever heard some variation of that? I have. I confess, I’ve even said it. I think it’s a natural…

I wake up before the sun and start building the day. First the tea. Then the medication list. Then the careful arrangement of pillows…