[hammy2008Participant]

Hi my husband has finished 5 courses of VTD and had very little side effects during his treatment but since finishing he has had nausea and fatigue. Has anyone else had this or could it be not related to the VTD. He is on morphine for fractures in his back.

[peterlParticipant]

Hello Hammy,

I had a full eight cycles of VTD (although I had to stop the thalidomide since it gave me high temps and palpitations at night). The treatment lasted July ’15 to Feb ’16.   I had no sickness, but terrible fatigue and shivers. And generally felt shaky and weak.

Unfortunately, I had a residual after effect of a bad tummy (had to hang a loo roll round my neck) up until a few weeks back. This problem lasted six months, and is only now becoming manageable. The vtd treatment was however effective in bringing down, drastically, my lambda light chain levels. Although they are starting to creep up again.

Each mm patients response to treatment seems very variable. Hopefully other people posting will give you further information.

Best wishes to you and your husband.

Peter

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