Sass Khassam says he is a realist when asked whether or not he thinks there will be a cure for multiple myeloma in the future — via healthing_ca MyelomaCanada healthing myeloma bloodcancerawareness ...
CLL is a cancer of the mature lymphocytes, a type of white blood cells. These cells can be found in the blood, bone marrow, lymph nodes or spleen.Prior to your wife’s diagnosis with multiple myeloma, you had no familial connection to cancer. Who did you turn to for support in those first few weeks after she was diagnosed?
We reached out to anyone and everyone we knew, and we soon learned that there were people we knew of that had multiple myeloma. Sharmeen, myself and our children accompanied went to theto meet with an oncologist and learn about the treatment plan. I also did research on my own — the danger there is that if you look in the wrong places, you can find all sorts of wrong information. You need to be very careful about that.
charity. It never would have dawned on me, but there are people who, in order to be treated, have to relocate temporarily, and many can’t afford to do that.Through StayWell, we’ve provided more than 23,500 subsidized accommodations to people who needed it. The demand across Canada is three million nights and that’s a staggering number that tells us that people all over the country need help.
I believe that the funds we’re raising at events like The Journey will lead to research advances that will save more lives in the future. I want to believe that there will be a cure in our lifetime, but the question is: what can we reasonably expect given the complexity of this disease? I’m a realist, but I’d like to be proven wrong.