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I have just started my 5th cycle for MM , tablets & two simple injections the next week one injection , it has been very straightforward and something I find uplifting as the readings drop in a way , few days tiredness in between and back in to repeat...
Hi everyone, I am a 45-yo male, diagnosed in October. Currently on quadruplet chemotherapy regimen. Planned stem cell transplant in March. On first diagnosis, imaging revealed that I had a large soft tissue (malignant cells outgrowing from bones)...
My husband has had severe painful neuropathy as a side effect of taking velcade which has now been stopped. He no longer has the pain but still has the numbness, tingling and difficulty walking. I wondered what other peoples experiences are like of...
Hi on my first cycle of elranatamab for multiple myloma really bad lover back and stomach pain hopefully settles down
Hi everyone, I am a 45 year-old male. Diagnosed with myeloma in September 2025. Receiving Dara-VRd treatment in Scotland. I have an autologous stem cell transplant planned for February (harvesting) and March (transplant) 2026. The medical team has...
So I was diagnosed with MGUS around two years ago. Terrifying to say the least when it was picked up totally unexpectedly at the grand age of 37. Since then my white blood cell and urea levels have increased steadily yet the paraprotein stayed fairly...
I was diagnosed with Multiple Mtloma October 24 after a blood test by my Gastro Consultant (Ulcerative Colitis) noticed some unusal results. Near the end of December I started Chemo and at the end of June I had a Stem Cell Transplant. Main side effect...
Hi, I'm not new to MacMillan, I had breast cancer last year, but I'm new to the myeloma forum. Around August/September last year my hubby started with frothy urine. I was in the middle of my treatment so he didn't say anything. Also has protein, eventually...
I’m one month post stem cell transfer for Myeloma. Nausea started a few days later but I still have a lot of sickness. I was discharged on Odansetron and Cyclizine. My consultant prescribed Levomepromazine but it knocked me out so only took it once. A...
Hi I've just realised that I've posted my recent diagnosis in a reply to myself on the Smouldering Myeloma forum earlier this year! Unsurprising as I don't know whether I'm coming or going at the moment. Apologies for the duplication. Having been...
