I've read a lot of the diagnosis stories from members on here and have talked to other patients and it is clear how many of us have had a long period of treatment and investigation for one of the symptoms such as back issues before getting to the Myeloma diagnosis
I feel very lucky because our excellent local GP practice does proper 2-yearly health checks once you're over 62 (I think), and they include a paraprotein test in the blood test bank. So I went in 18 months ago, feeling fine, got the phone call the next day, saw the haematologist two days after that and started chemo 6 weeks after the health test, without ever feeling ill.
Was that very unusual good luck, or have others had their diagnosis from a routine test?
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Hi padjo59
I’m Anne, one of the Community Champions here on the Online Community and, although I'm not a member of this group, I noticed that your post hadn't had any replies yet. Responding to you will 'bump' it back to the top of the discussion list again.
Wishing you all the best
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