Hi, I am new to the group, my husband has been fighting for 5+ years, originally diagnosed with melanoma has since been diagnosed with myeloma after several rounds of chemo he has last week been to harvest his stem cells in preparation. My first question...
Hi, I was diagnosed last week which came as huge shock because physio and rheumatologist was thinking my back issues were due to arthritis. My light chain ratio was >8000 and they said they want to move things on quite quickly. The team at Lancaster...
My brother had recent blood work at a major cancer center oncology first appt. since being diagnosed with multiple myoloma one month ago. He is currently doing radiation treatments for lytic lesions in his back and has had 6 so far. He is on pain...
Hello all, my Dad was just taken off chemo and has suddenly become out of breath, low white blood cells and low hemoglobin. In your travels have you come across this and could it be connected to stopping chemo? I'm just asking as I wait for answers from...
My partner is going for his stem cell transplant at the start of September. What can we expect? They have said he will be in hospital for 3 weeks after transplant and he won’t really be bothered with visitors we have just had a new baby and have another...
Hello I'm Amanda I was diagnosed Multiple Myeloma on the 6th April 2022 The hematologist told me that he had checked through recent blood tests I had done and he saw that I had high Paraprotein for at least 5years. It was only from having a regular...
Hello Everyone. I'm Flogo and I was diagnosed multiple myeloma on the 6th April 2022. At the moment im on watch and wait. However I'm getting rather concerned. My paraprotein was 37 then went to 41, my biopsy was positive, my light chains, well...
Hi all. I'm just coming up to the end of my 2nd chemo cycle of Velcade, Dex and Thalidomide. I am hardly sleeping at all, I am told because of the Dex, is this right? I can't believe how much sleep I am missing out on, it's crazy!! Has anyone else got...
Hi,any one got any tips for aching/throbbing calves while on chemotherapy?
Hello, I'm caring for my Dad. He's experiencing pain whilst sitting due to low bone density in his pelvis but he doesn't want to stay in bed all the time. He has a riser recliner chair but can't manage more than an hour in it now before it gets uncomfortable...
