Hi, I was diagnosed with MM on 12th December and have recently received my first 2 treatments. I am in the Canary Islands where I have lived for the past 17yrs. I use the Spanish health system. On visiting my consultant prior to the 1st weekly treatment he told me because I was you ng at 67yrs old that he was placing me on an immunotherapy course of treatment and not chemotherapy. My plans are to continue this treatment until March when they will harvest my bone marrow then grow the good cells with the intention of having an SCT in June. There is a slight language problem he speaks good English and I can fill in with my spanish.he seems an excellent young consultant. All the staff in the day hospital are tremendous with various degrees of English spoken they make you feel special and after the 1st week all knew who I was my name where I was from etc from the receptionist to the nurses and doctors. I am on several drugs but some of them appear to be used for chemotherapy so when on immunotherapy does a certain amount of chemo take place. After my 1st treatment I was sore,the pain is in my spine but had headaches and felt sick. However after my 2nd treatment all that has gone away at the moment. This article is only to introduce myself and I hope to post more relevant details later. Onwards and upwards, and how I feel at the moment couldn't be more positive. In my position it is brilliant that I could join your forum, as I appreciate from my point of view details can get lost in translation .Thanks
