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I've been absent from this forum for a while. Can't say for certain why, think I was overloaded and just fizzled out. I'm +81 SCT and itching like crazy. It was an autologous transplant, so not overly concerned about gvhd. It could be that hair growth...
Both my wife & I are sufferers from MM, I am fortunately asymptomatic currently but my wife is now on day +10 after stem cell transplant, she has been through some pretty horrible times over the last few days, we went to UHB for the harvesting, Chemo...
Hi, I was diagnosed 2 years past March 2022 MM went through the chemo but none worked. I’m now on a trial drug that worked very well. I’m constantly fatigued and the urine infections. I have diabetes and an under active thyroid I’m fighting getting...
Hi I am new to this forum. My Husband has mylofibrosis. Just wondered if there are other people on this forum that have this type of cancer or are supporting someone with this type of cancer.
Hi all. Recently diagnosed and feeling very confused. Told I will need treatment but not yet. Feel like a fraud. Told close family I have cancer in my bone Marrow but then don't need treatment??? Am I ill or not??? My back is bad but MRI scan...
Since my diagnosis in march i have had a sore right shoulder with a small lump appearing over the summer. Over the last couple of weeks the lump forming on my right clavicle has got a lot bigger, it's now very swollen and Sore, consultant saw it last...
Hello, just thought I would say hello, I was diagnosed in March this year after a 60 year health check. Just finished 12 weeks of chemo.
Hi there, I'm having my first appointment with the haematologist at the University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre. What should I expect? I have had months' of blood tests from the GP and rheumatologist (because autoimmune issues were suspected...
Hi my dad has been diagnosed with myeloma he is 80 years old.he starts treatment soon chemo injections.i don’t know what’s to come im scared frightened and feeling very low and alone
Hi Everyone As I said above, my Myeloma type is yet to be confirmed. Physically I feel good. I was diagnosed after an incidental finding in a routine blood test. Further tests followed, blood, bone marrow aspiration and MRI (which MDT decided wasn’t...
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