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Cassie Brabbs

My husband was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma at age 28. We have two crazy kids under the age of four which keeps things somewhere between complete chaos and sheer insanity on a daily basis. We are documenting our experience here as treatment begins in October 2009.
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#365Thanks by Cassie Brabbs Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer Into the new year we go. We don't know what twists and turns to expect in 2012, but I do know that we have a family, friends and a growing community that is battle tested a ... Read on »
Myeloma Mondays #42: Tanner (Age 17!!) from Ft. Worth, TX by Cassie Brabbs Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer Where were you born and raised?  Fort Worth, Texas Where do you currently live?  In the same home all my life in Kennedale, Texas When ... Read on »
Myeloma Mondays #42: Tanner (Age 17!!) from Ft. Worth, TX by Cassie Brabbs Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer Where were you born and raised?  Fort Worth, Texas Where do you currently live?  In the same home all my life in Kennedale, Texas When ... Read on »
Normal it is not, but we survive by Cassie Brabbs Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer Today my little Princess Prez turned four. When I was diagnosed, she wasn't yet two years old. Unfortunately, I was not able to be with her today to celebrate her birthda ... Read on »
Normal it is not, but we survive by Cassie Brabbs Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer Today my little Princess Prez turned four. When I was diagnosed, she wasn't yet two years old. Unfortunately, I was not able to be with her today to celebrate her birthda ... Read on »
In the beginning... by Cassie Brabbs Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer ...there was a life threatening pulmonary embolism that almost went misdiagnosed at age 26. Thanks to one smart doctor at St. Joe's in Ann Arbor, they did a CT Scan ... Read on »
In the beginning... by Cassie Brabbs Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer ...there was a life threatening pulmonary embolism that almost went misdiagnosed at age 26. Thanks to one smart doctor at St. Joe's in Ann Arbor, they did a CT Scan ... Read on »
Job got roughed up by Cassie Brabbs Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer A couple of weeks ago I shared my life story with 100 Concordia Unviersity Football players, mainly freshman. Everytime I share my story I have a hard time not brining th ... Read on »
Job got roughed up by Cassie Brabbs Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer A couple of weeks ago I shared my life story with 100 Concordia Unviersity Football players, mainly freshman. Everytime I share my story I have a hard time not brining th ... Read on »
Y Not? by Cassie Brabbs Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer Why not sign up at the local YMCA that is just blocks from our house? Well, the last couple of years the idea of going into a closed space like this with two little on ... Read on »
Y Not? by Cassie Brabbs Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer Why not sign up at the local YMCA that is just blocks from our house? Well, the last couple of years the idea of going into a closed space like this with two little on ... Read on »
Spirits are on the Rise by Cassie Brabbs Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer Without a post in almost 3 months, you may have suspected I have disappeared. Well, sort of, but it is all good. I have moved into the state where I am getting checkups eve ... Read on »
Spirits are on the Rise by Cassie Brabbs Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer Without a post in almost 3 months, you may have suspected I have disappeared. Well, sort of, but it is all good. I have moved into the state where I am getting checkups eve ... Read on »
Gone Fishing...dominating Life by Cassie Brabbs Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer The fight last summer was focused strictly on aggressive treatment to dominate Myeloma, but this summer it has turned to smallmouth bass. After 3 years of thinking about an ... Read on »
Gone Fishing...dominating Life by Cassie Brabbs Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer The fight last summer was focused strictly on aggressive treatment to dominate Myeloma, but this summer it has turned to smallmouth bass. After 3 years of thinking about an ... Read on »
pardon my ramblings. i have mush brain. i blame children. by Cassie Brabbs Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer Hi friends! I've been thinkin' that it's high time we updated our header here at MM For Dummies, so I went ahead and took the liberty of doing just that. Check it. As ... Read on »
pardon my ramblings. i have mush brain. i blame children. by Cassie Brabbs Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer Hi friends! I've been thinkin' that it's high time we updated our header here at MM For Dummies, so I went ahead and took the liberty of doing just that. Check it. As ... Read on »
Video Blog Update by Cassie Brabbs Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer A video update from Brabbs-land. Read on »
Video Blog Update by Cassie Brabbs Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer A video update from Brabbs-land. Read on »
Dominate for Kyle & His Team by Cassie Brabbs Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer I was recently made aware of a 19 year old named Kyle who is taking on AML up at UM C.S. Mott Children's Hospital . He is a rock star guy from everything I have heard abo ... Read on »