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Hi  minnymoo,    Vespa  here,  AKA  Kevin,  nice to see the GP  moving fast,   and the CT  Scan   showing nothing  bad on your  bones,    the bone marrow biopsy,  i had to help    confirm the diagnosis ,   it did,     the Anaesthetic  worked  great and the team  explained everything that  would happen  and  when to expect a jolt of pain ( down one leg )     lets hope it is only  smouldering,    i have now  had my  Stem cell transplant   16 months ago,  and doing well,      i have to say the hardest thing was tell my  ( our)   kids,   all Adults,  but two  in Australia,   and   explaining it all,  and reassuring them,  all would be well,  but for you also dealing with fibromyalgia    is an  added difficulty,  having read how  painful it can be,    MM  i have found the treatment  to be not at all painful,  even the Stem  cell  harvest and  Transplant,   the   recovery in hospital  is the tough part,       hope this does not scare you,  but   i think you will be in good hands    with the team  to treat you.      mental health is also important.     kevin   

Hi Minnymoo,

I hope that I can provide some reassurance on smouldering myeloma.

- For many, many people, it never develops into actual myeloma.

- There has been medical research on preventing/delaying smouldering myeloma developing. An existing treatment - daratumumab - may be approved soon for this new use in the UK for the high risk cases.

- Even if smouldering myeloma does develop, many of us have learnt to live with myeloma, and the ever increasing number of treatments means that there is the prospect of being around for a long, long time!

Hi Minnymoo, I too like Vespsaka kevin have MM and been in remission  since stem cell transplant for 18 months and yes, the worst part was the stay in hospital after the sct. Extremely poorly for about 3 weeks but nothing they don't prepare you for. My care was second to none, NHS  are just fantastic. I hope for you it doesn't turn into MM but there is always help, advice and reassurance  on this forum  from people like us who are going thru and have gone thru the treatment.  Fingers crossed for you and take care.   Bunky

Thank you everyone for the support and reassurance.Will keep you updated.x