Four years
November 1, 2025. Four years ago today I was diagnosed with high risk Multiple Myeloma. Cracked T4. Seems like such a small problem now that I have had ten other vertebral fractures. I have had 11 vertebrae crack in the past four years: one due to cancer the other due to a medical error. I am a different person than I was four years ago. I am still flawed like most humans, but I am so much happier. I feel like the person that I was in my early 20s. Optimistic, positive. I go to bed feeling happy. I wake up feeling happy. For this I feel very lucky. So what have I learned... 1. All time is borrowed time. 2. Each person in your life gives and takes. Some give more than they take and the contrary. Some make you feel positive or happy or inspired. Some people are a lot more giving and kind than I am, and I admire them to distraction. Most of those who make you ...