![Pat Giard (right) says her partnership with hematologist-oncologist Dr. Akhtari (left) has enabled her to live a longer, happy life with multiple myeloma. Left to right: Dr. Akhtari and Pat Giard](/sites/news.llu.edu/files/styles/crop_news_thumbnail/public/pg_1_smaller.jpg?h=beea0a6b&itok=xGidj0a8)
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Patient with blood cancer turned away by others, welcomed to LLU Cancer Center for life-extending treatment
Pat Giard has multiple myeloma and plenty to do — successful treatment at LLU has granted her the ability to do so for ten years and counting