It’s called myeloma and it’s incurable.
Alan Silverman, a voice and dialect coach based in Metro Vancouver, was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 2019 when he was 52 years old.“I knew it was serious when I got the phone call from the hospital, and they told me to drop what I was doing and come in right away,” said Silverman in a statement.Myeloma affects a certain kind of immune cell, the plasma cell, found in bone marrow. Eleven Canadians per day are diagnosed with the disease.
“Every year, we’re getting closer to finding a cure,” said Martine Elias, executive director of Myeloma Canada in a news release. “That’s why the funds raised at the Vancouver March are so critical. They’ll help to keep myeloma research moving forward and to improve the lives of Canadians impacted by this devastating disease.”