I agree, it is bad not to have someone go through them with you. Do you have a consultant appointment soon? If not I would ring and ask for one.
Now I’m not exactly sure but I think that the 4% relates to abnormal plasma cells in your bone marrow, if so then this is quite low. I had 11%/12% when I was diagnosed. I think anything over 10% means you need treatment to start, although I think that varies regionally. That might be what they mean by no excess of plasma cells. Best to get it checked out.
Just found this on the Myeloma UK website:
<p style=”box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 17px; padding: 0px; font-size: 13px; direction: ltr; font-family: Arial, Oswald, ‘Helvetica Neue’, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19.5px;”>A bone marrow biopsy is a fairly invasive procedure and will be carried out by skilled specialists. It involves putting a needle into the bone (usually the hip bone) to get a small sample of the bone marrow (this sample is sometimes called an aspirate); the procedure is carried out under a local anaesthetic with or without sedation.</p>
<p style=”box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 17px; padding: 0px; font-size: 13px; direction: ltr; font-family: Arial, Oswald, ‘Helvetica Neue’, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19.5px;”>This sample is then examined to count the number of plasma cells present in the bone marrow: normal bone marrow has less than 5% plasma cells; bone marrow in myeloma patients may have between 10% and 90% plasma cells. A better indication of the number of plasma cells is gained by doing a ‘trephine biopsy’, which means taking a small core of bone along with the marrow inside.</p>
Good luck
Paula
