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A Johns Hopkins doctor’s enthusiasm for curcumin…and a bunch of other stuff… by Margaret Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer Well, the last few days have been a mix of ups and downs. One of my longtime myeloma friends died. I didn’t even know that she wasn’t doing very well. So yesterday, when ano ... Read on »
Work work work! by Margaret Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer Just got back but already overwhelmed with work…translations…and stuff I need to do for my second (online) job…blablabla…But I hope to be able to do some research, too, at s ... Read on »
Back home…and jet lagged… by Margaret Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer First, let me apologize for not having written in such a long time. The week I spent with Stefano on Cape Cod went by so incredibly quickly…And then, poof!, we were back in ... Read on »
Sweet!!! by Margaret Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer Stefano arrived in Boston yesterday evening. I met him at Logan Airport and screeched a bit too loudly as soon as I set eyes on him…startling a few of the people around me, ... Read on »
A new gadget and some serious research on xanthones… by Margaret Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer First, the funny bit (funny to me, anyway!). Before I left for the States, Stefano and I decided to buy ourselves (well, it’s for me, really…he already has an iPad) a mini i ... Read on »
Happy Happy Happy!!! by Margaret Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer I loved this photo, which I found on Internet. Yum yum! Purrfect! Well, it’s going to be 2013 in Italy in about a half hour. I’m getting ready to Skype with Stefano so we ca ... Read on »
Yes, I’m a real person!!! by Margaret Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer This morning a new blog reader’s message gave me quite a chuckle, so much so that I decided to share it with you all…Mainly, though, it gives me the opportunity to clarify a ... Read on »
Well, now here’s a lovely Xmas prezzie for us all! by Margaret Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer This morning I read about a very interesting and important McGill University study on vitamin D and cancer and decided it would be just purrfect to put on the blog today. He ... Read on »
Merry Merry MERRY!!! by Margaret Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer Today I’ve been food shopping and cooking up a storm…mainly making broth (= brodo, Italian style with a few of my own variations, which include the addition of ... Read on »
Skyping… by Margaret Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer Yesterday evening I “skyped” with Stefano, who was already in bed, since it was late at night over there (Italy is six hours ahead of Massachusetts). After we’d b ... Read on »
On holiday… by Margaret Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer I can’t believe I’ve been in the States for more than a week and have completely ignored my blog. Well, okay, not “completely.” I do read blog comments, and I hav ... Read on »
Back in the U.S.A.! by Margaret Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer Yes, I’m HERE! In the States! I had a fabulous transatlantic flight yesterday (read: no major turbulence! ) and was hugging and kissing my parents by 10:30 PM l ... Read on »
Leaving on a jet plane… by Margaret Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer I’d planned to write a million and a half posts for the blog this week (slight exaggeration! ), but I just wasn’t able to…for lack of time, mainly. I mean, I’d ... Read on »
Gotta love it!!! by Margaret Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer I imagine all of you know what IKEA is. Yes, the Swedish ready-to-assemble furniture/home products company.   Well, anyway, I have a petite IKEA story… ... Read on »
About once a year… by Margaret Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer …I seem to come down with an out-of-the-blue, 24-hour bug of some sort: a bit of intestinal trouble, a bit of vomiting and, most of all, an overwhelming desire ... Read on »
Crazy! by Margaret Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer Things have been absolutely crrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrazy over here. A lot going on (nothing to do with my state of health, though…no worries there! ). Anyway, as a ... Read on »
Hiss hiss growl growl! by Margaret Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer I’ve been incredibly busy lately, with a million things to do, but I apologize for letting so many days pass without publishing even a couple of words here on the ... Read on »
Just because… by Margaret Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer I’m posting a quick link just because it’s funny and made me laugh… This video shows a cat struggling to squeeze himself inside a box with a teeny tiny hole i ... Read on »
Tenia! by Margaret Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer In the beginning I fully intended to write a funny post about tapeworms. But then…Well, to be honest, I couldn’t come up with anything even remotely funny…So my c ... Read on »
Right on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! by Margaret Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer Written by Margaret November 7th, 2012 at 9:36 am « Absentee voting and pills pills pills… ... Read on »