My paraprotein went from 44 to 64 haven't had results back from yesterday so unsure if gone up or down. Dr suggested looking at starting treatment as my hemoglobin had dropped to in the 80s and could explain tiredness. After a year that started with breast cancer (chemo Jan-May) radiotherapy 20 session all June I would have liked the myeloma to take a back seat. All year, felt healthy even through chemo and radiotherapy but last week had horrible chesty cough and tired which Dr said be due to hemoglobin drop. She said pp rise on its own not enough to start treatment but as I felt so 'rough' at time of appointment I sort of agreed to start treatment. Steriods, velcade, thalidomide and she mentioned something about moving bone marrow and going back after treatment (she said that much my head was spinning. Now I've had time to have a good think sure would it not be best to focus on upping my red blood cells? I have said I'm very wary of putting my body through chemo twice in a year but did say I would only consider a reduced dose. I would appreciate some views here.
