My name is Alma, Eddie is my husband. He's the one that opened this site. He's told me about it. I've been a Multiple Myeloma Patient since 1996. They told me and my family that I didn't have to long to live on March 4th 1996 . I went to the hospital that Monday morning with back pain, kidney failure,and pneumonia. I just thouight I had a flu bug. Never in my wildest dreams was I prepared for what I was about to hear, after they had tested me for everything you could think of. Tuesday morning they had my results. The Dr. came in my room he told me, my husband my Mom and my four sisters.( My three children were at home.) That I Had Cancer... It was Multiple Myeloma and that it was at Stage Four. I hoped that I,d heard him wrong. But as everybody around me started to cry. I knew that what I heard was the same thing my family had heard. I also had my babies to think of , and for that reason I cried uncontrollable. I was scared. I was only 33 years old. My kids needed me, my son was only 14,my daughter was 12 and my baby she was just 5. I am now 45!!! I've had a Bone Marrow Transplant in 1996, gone through radiation treatments, and through chem. I am a fighter,,, I still get treatments intervinently, with (AREDIA) only to strenghten my bones, i go to Pain Management appts. Which they give me my pain Meds. (Morphine...) I have seven broken vertebraes and two fractured disc in my neck. I'm always in pain. I walk like I'm alot older, because of my bone damage. I just wanted to let those of you that are going through what I've gone through to know that you're not alone. Have Faith, and Hope. Most of all Just Take One Day at a Time.. Sincerely Your Friend Alma