Radio personality Pat Still with Sacramento’s KNCI has entertained you during the morning commute for years.”My first day on the radio was July 4th, 1976, so it’s been a long time,” he recalled. He was born to do it. But two years ago, his life almost came to an end. “I was just out of breath doing simple things and like you say I was taking laundry upstairs and I thought well this is ridiculous,” he recalled. KCRA 3 has teamed up with Vitalant for our annual Blood Drive for Life. The 2026 blood drive takes place from Jan. 7-10 across two locations in Rocklin and Sacramento. Help save a life by making an appointment at vitalant.org/kcra.Still went to the emergency room and found out he had blood clots in his lung. Upon further testing, doctors found it was more serious than they initially thought and emailed him. “At the bottom of the email it said ‘cannot rule out multiple myeloma,'” he said. Still was diagnosed a short time later. Multiple myeloma is a serious cancer of the blood that is unfortunately incurable. It was a tough realization for him. “I’m taking this in. I sat there. I prayed a little bit and a half hour later I was at peace with it. We all come with an expiration date; then so be it,” he said. The good news was that with the right treatment multiple myeloma can turn into a manageable chronic disease. He began with five difficult months of chemotherapy, pushed through a bout of sepsis, and then a 15-day stem cell transplant. “There was a lot of throwing up for the next four or five days. That’s pretty much all I did,” he said. “I lost a lot of weight. My hair fell completely out from every part of my body and I had two transfusions.” Still is now back on the radio, funny and feisty as ever. He’s living a good life despite living with the chronic disease. He’s also grateful to the anonymous generosity that kept him alive. “If you’re able to give blood, please God almighty, do it. And to that person, whoever it was who gave that blood for me, God bless you and thank you,” he said. This article was produced as part of coverage for the 2026 Blood Drive for Life on Jan. 7-10. You can make an appointment at vitalant.org/kcra.

Radio personality Pat Still with Sacramento’s KNCI has entertained you during the morning commute for years.

“My first day on the radio was July 4th, 1976, so it’s been a long time,” he recalled.

He was born to do it. But two years ago, his life almost came to an end.

“I was just out of breath doing simple things and like you say I was taking laundry upstairs and I thought well this is ridiculous,” he recalled.

Still went to the emergency room and found out he had blood clots in his lung.

Upon further testing, doctors found it was more serious than they initially thought and emailed him.

“At the bottom of the email it said ‘cannot rule out multiple myeloma,'” he said.

Still was diagnosed a short time later.

Multiple myeloma is a serious cancer of the blood that is unfortunately incurable.

It was a tough realization for him.

“I’m taking this in. I sat there. I prayed a little bit and a half hour later I was at peace with it. We all come with an expiration date; then so be it,” he said.

The good news was that with the right treatment multiple myeloma can turn into a manageable chronic disease.

He began with five difficult months of chemotherapy, pushed through a bout of sepsis, and then a 15-day stem cell transplant.

“There was a lot of throwing up for the next four or five days. That’s pretty much all I did,” he said. “I lost a lot of weight. My hair fell completely out from every part of my body and I had two transfusions.”

Still is now back on the radio, funny and feisty as ever.

He’s living a good life despite living with the chronic disease.

He’s also grateful to the anonymous generosity that kept him alive.

“If you’re able to give blood, please God almighty, do it. And to that person, whoever it was who gave that blood for me, God bless you and thank you,” he said.

This article was produced as part of coverage for the 2026 Blood Drive for Life on Jan. 7-10. You can make an appointment at vitalant.org/kcra.