Hope is my Superpower - a Column by Gina Diamante

Do you ever wonder if the myeloma is coming back? It’s often the first question a patient in remission asks when they get…

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…

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

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 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…

“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…

There are many treatments now available for multiple myeloma. Quadruplet therapy, bispecific therapy, CAR T-cell therapy, and cereblon E3 ligase modulators (CELMoDs)…

One of my very first columns asked, “Where’s my secret decoder ring?” That was because it’s easy to become overwhelmed by the many names…

Remember my great plans to go walking regularly to combat chemo fog? “The best laid schemes o’ Mice an’ Men / Gang aft agley,” wrote…

I sometimes find inspiration for this column in surprising places. Tonight, I found it at the movie theater, during a showing of “Spider-Man:…