Traveling from fear to hope with multiple myeloma and other cancers

Traveling from fear to hope with multiple myeloma and other cancers

If you visit the official website of World Cancer Day, which was Feb. 4, the first thing you’ll see are giant block letters scrolling across the screen, spelling out “fear,” “anger,” “shame,” and “grief.” These are all normal feelings for cancer patients, though I wish “shame” weren’t on that list. Watch for a bit longer, and more words pop up — “healing,” “acceptance,” and my favorite, “hope.” So how do we get from fear to hope? From anger to a…