Last hours of the first day of the new year. I received a call from my elder brother from my native. He asked me to talk to my uncle and call him back. I rang my uncle who is a doctor . He shared a news with me that shattered me. My dad is been diagonised with multiple myeloma , a form incurable blood cancer.
I was emotionless for a moment. I was reactionless for a moment. I kept down the phone. My wife asked me what happened. I was still and then burst into tears. My life is changed. I cried. cried. cried again. My wife tried to console me . I never heard of the term multiple myeloma before. I researched on the net. The more I read , the more tears gathered in me.
The hard facts I learnt of the disease sunk me deep in despair , grief and pain. The news is not yet passed on to my parents. My brother , uncle and aunt will share it today noon. I desperately hope my Parents have the strength to absorb the news.
Morning I cried. Even now. Tears are in my eyes. Sometimes its good to write down the pain and that is what am doing now. Trying desparately to calm my nerves and thoughts . Morning my mom said If you could get leave , come and visit dad . My brother also said since morning dad was saying he wants to see me and my wife. I have booked the ticked and leaving to native in a while.
When I was talking to my brother on phone I cried and I could hear him also vent out the surpressed tears. I don’t know how I could hold my pain and tears when I see my Parents tomorrow. I don’t want to cry before them which would make them inconsolable and shatter them even further .
I desperately want strength to pass on strength to my parents .
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feel very sorry for your dad….please gather all the strength in the world and pass it…….god is with u…
I am 48 and live with MM. There is a lot of medicines that will help him sustain life for a while if he was diagnoised early enough. I was diagnoised stageIII A which is the beginning of the last stage and my body has responded well to medication and I have no bone pain. He will be ok. We all have to die sometime of something. The question is where are you going when this life is over? I have chosen eternity where we all have perfect bodies and will be healthy and happy forever. I hope this helps.
@ Lucky – Tx mate … yes i have gathered all the strength i could manage …
@ Rich
Thanks for dropping by my blog . God be with you and your family. It helped me a lot going through your comment …
I am 49 and have been living with multiple myeloma for over 10 years. It is not a charming thing to have but it has not kept me from living a normal life. I started my own business in 1999 and work a full week every week. I has a stem cell transplant in December 1999 (9 years ago) and it went very well, and I was back at work in 5 weeks. I am considered a good patient and I have responded very well to everything. The therapies they have these days are very good and the drugs work well for me. I find that it helps to not spend a lot of time worrying about it and reading about it, and the oncologist and and nurse oncologists say that my good attitude has helped a lot. I am young for this disease as only about 2% are diagnosed under the age of 40 and I was 39 but I have had it since about age 38. There are three hospitals in the US that are the best for multiple myeloma – Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston; another in Arkansas (The Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy )and a third in Seattle (I do not recall its name). I believe it has been harder on my wife, mother and daughters but it has not concerned me that much. If I can help, please contact me, thank you. Ned Finkel, Lancaster, NH
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