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my wifes on her 4th week of treatment atm but i have recently noticed her spine is protuding near the base of her back ? is this down to her losing weight or it is something we should discuss with her care team ,has anybody else experienced this
My partner was diagnosed with terminal multiple myeloma June last year. He's just had stem cell transplant over Christmas. He needed TPN, blood and palette transfusion. He's been home over a week now, can't eat anything and very weak. Dr's say its usual...
Hi, I am new to the group, my husband has been fighting for 5+ years, originally diagnosed with melanoma has since been diagnosed with myeloma after several rounds of chemo he has last week been to harvest his stem cells in preparation. My first question...
I'm new to the website. My mum was diagnosed before Christmas. Lytic legions, high calcium and started chemo before Christmas. I went with her to her chemo appointment last week and they told me the name of the drugs and treatment. After checking the...
Well tomorrow Monday will be my 4th week of chemotherapy, I'm starting to see a pattern of Monday to Thursday feeling rough,hiccups, 3 hours sleep per night, hyper and then by sat and Sunday feeling OK but knowing its about to start again. Does it get...
Hello everyone, I am new to this forum so I’ll fill you in a little about myself. My my husband was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma in May last year. He has just finished 4 months of Chemotherapy. In 3 weeks time he is due to start his autologous stem...
I'm 47 and live in the Forest of Bowland near Lancaster hence the 'Bowlander' username. Diagnosis came out of the blue from bloods last week after getting X rayed for long standing back pain in November. Feeling well other than the back pain from...
Hi, I was diagnosed last week which came as huge shock because physio and rheumatologist was thinking my back issues were due to arthritis. My light chain ratio was >8000 and they said they want to move things on quite quickly. The team at Lancaster...
Hi all nice to be meet you all. Im 6 years on from my initial Myeloma diagnosis. After a couple of different initial treatments i had a Stem cell transplant in April 2022. Im now stable as they say and at present medication/treatment free. Trying to live...
Hi All anyone out there experience horrible sweats after STC harvest?? I am 2 days afterwards and have awful pains in my left leg and these sweats, any information would be great! I am also diabetic type 2 so the sweats could be that by thought worth...
