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Hi just wanted to say hello! I've been having weekly chemo injections and daily meds since April 2023 for myeloma hi hi hand tonight is the eve before I go into hospital for a stem cell replacement! Feeling anxious.
Hello everyone, I am here in this forum on behalf of my elderly mother. I hope you don't mind. She was first diagnosed with Myeloma in 2006. It didn't need treatment at the time but now it does. She has been on very strong chemo drugs for about 9...
Hi all, I had a STC transplant in August last year which went well.I returned to work in Feb this year.Ive been monitored on monthly bloods which were fine until the last two when my paraproteins have spiked to 3.5 now.My consultant raised my lenelomide...
Hi Ive just joined the group as my husband has been diagnosed with myeloma and started the Fitness trial in September, I just wondered if any one else is on this trial and if so how they are getting on
Hi, I have been diagnosed with myeloma after months of scans, test and biopsies. I am 44 years old and have a young daughter so my biggest worry is for her. I am due to talk to my team on the 13th nov to discuss my treatment plan but I know it basically...
Hi starting treatment in two weeks, terrified. I realise there isn't ever one treatment for this illness but I am wondering if anyone can tell me what treatment they started on and for how long, maybe I am not asking enough questions but although I...
Hello I m new on here but was diagnosed with MGUS in 2018 . I am presently in hospital with a compression fracture in my upper spine. Haemotology and oncology are involved eith me as I had Breast Cancer in 2015. The consultants dont know if the...
Please excuse the long post, I have just joined the online community and I'm hoping to find and give support and friendship from other members. I am 47 and after a emergency admission to hospital for what my GP thought was a blocked bowel I was diagnosed...
Hi. Just an update. MM Treatment ongoing cycle 3 started last week. Consultant happy with blood counts. STC. now applied for in Birmingham for early 2024. STC. Nurse briefed me some m re on what to expect. My son’s wedding in Australia took place last...
Hello. Since June I have been bouncing between doctors trying figure out what is wrong. I started with throbbing hip/groin pain that wakes me up at night. Then I started experiencing sharp back/rib pain and pain on the top of my foot that felt as though...
