Full Circle
Today, my life came full circle as I met the extraordinary Dr. Christine Cserti, transfusion medicine specialist at UHN’s Toronto General Hospital.
March 2023 is Multiple Myeloma Awareness Month!
11 every day, and more who may not yet know. The City of Toronto has designated March 2023 as Multiple Myeloma Awareness Month! On Wednesday, March 1st, the TORONTO sign will be lit up in RED at City Hall & Nathan Phillips Square in honour of Multiple Myeloma Awareness Month. To mark this occasion, I […]
Four Thousand Weeks
January 25, 2023. Today is my birthday – the day I was born, 64 years ago. I have no idea where the time has flown and how I’m in my ‘sixties’ – I feel so much younger. I also celebrate two additional birthdays: February 15, 2013, when I had my first stem cell transplant and […]
The Next Chapter
In the past couple of months, multiple myeloma has slowly been making its presence known and now has officially resurfaced, raging in my body. This second relapse was entirely predictable …
The Weekend to Conquer Cancer
September 12, 2021 – This morning started a bit tough. I woke up sluggish, with every bone in my body aching. Nagib brought me 2 Tylenols and got me out of bed. It was the Princess Margaret’s Weekend to Conquer Cancer day! And so off we drove to downtown to participate in the Walk. We […]
Happy Birthday, Munira Version 3.0!
It was exactly one year ago today that I had my second stem cell transplant and Munira Version 3.0 was born.
Munira Version 3.0
As I walked into the Day Hospital on the 14th Floor of The Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, I was overcome with emotion …
OMG! OMG! OMG!
Ready for the stem cell transplant…
Chemo’s done!
Between my 15th and 16th chemo treatments, to Vancouver and back. Then, I rang the Bravery Bell to signify that Chemo’s Done! Now, onto the Stem Cell Transplant.
Time for new experiences
I have now completed 12 chemos out of 16, and expect to have the chemo regimen completed by November 9th.