Multiple Myeloma

Al-Anon is a support group for people who are affected by someone else's drinking. For information, call (574) 236-5736. Web: www.michianaalanon.org. A group meets at 6 p.m. Wednesdays at Madison Center's Quiet Care, 533 N. Niles Ave., South Bend. Call...

Charles William Trentz, 78, died March 10, 2013 at his home in Deadwood, SD. He was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma Cancer in 2001. He fought a long, tough battle and will be greatly missed. Charles was born the only child of Clarence “Pete”...

Multiple myeloma is a cancer of the cells in the bone marrow that affects 750,000 people worldwide; it is an uncontrolled growth of plasma cells which attack and destroy bone and damage the kidneys and immune system. In the United States, there are...

Mayor Kelly Boyd began chemotherapy treatment Wednesday, less than a week after doctors confirmed his cancer diagnosis and one day before his 69th birthday. "It took 25 minutes, and it went well," Boyd said Thursday. "I am feeling fine." Boyd publicly...

I first encountered Di Sawyer more than a year ago when she and her bike went down hard on the West Orange Trail. We called an ambulance and she spent a lot of time recovering but she went on to accomplish this inspiring Florida-to-Maine ride to raise...

Al-Anon is a support group comprised of persons whose lives have been affected by someone else’s drinking. It’s sole purpose is to help the families and friends of problem drinkers. For information in St. Joseph, LaPorte, Marshall and Starke...

Gary Eugene Semler, retired MMCM (SS) U.S. Navy, 70, of Summerville, S.C., husband of Ann Semler, died May 19, 2012, after a long and courageous battle with multiple myeloma.  Gary was born Dec. 2, 1941, in Sharpsburg, Md., son of the late Harry Hyde...

The first dance recital. Missing front teeth. High school graduation. All parenting milestones that Kathy Giusti thought she would never see. At 37, this New Canaan mom was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, an aggressive blood cancer and told she had...

While the memory of her husband’s death is still fresh in her mind, Kimberly Alexander, has pushed on with a passion to help others battling cancer. "Sadly, he passed away in 2010,” said Tackle Cancer Foundation Executive Director Kimberly...