By now, we are getting to see that we have some very special people in our myeloma community – outstanding people who show by their own example how we can enrich our own lives, and they show that what our lives may lack in longevity, they certainly can gain in depth. Louis Rukeyser has been the latest famous myeloma patient to make news. The popular business reporter and TV superstar battled back problems long before the official diagnosis of the disease in 2004, and after that point, he lived another two years. So many of the “Sketches” are about those famous and admired people who have had this disease, and although many have died, some are still living and living well. This makes me feel that myeloma patients are among the elite, we are in a special club with Geraldine Ferraro, Francesca Thompson, Lenny Zakim, Ira Wolmer and his wife, and Larry Miller. I have many more examples, and this writing is kind of a mid-way pause in the profiles. It’s a time to collect some thoughts, and share with you some of the complimentary treatment that I have pursued over the years – carrying me to the 10^th year mark since my diagnosis in 1996. I am never very good at keeping secrets.