My first post here and so just wanted to say hi to everyone. I was diagnosed in July of last year 2013 with stage 2 MM. I was 44 years old.
My paraprotein was initially 31 and rose to 41 just before treatment began and I had a lot of bone pain especially in the sternum and ribs. I went through 8 cycles of two different types of treatment before I was ready for my stem cell transplant which I had in April of this year.
Everything went ok and I have recovered well from the process and my 6 month post SCT marrow biopsy is clear but with Myeloma nothing is ever that straight forward. My Myeloma is categorised as high risk and because of this it has been recommended that I have an allograft transplant. The process for this is now in motion; a donor has been identified and it looks like the transplant will happen at the end of Jan next year.
I found this website very soon after being diagnosed and it has been a great help throughout my journey so far and I just wanted to say thanks to everyone for that.