Hi Ron
Like you I am married to a MM sufferer. At diagnosis I found it very difficult to to bring Peter out of his withdrawn state. For quite some time he became rather insular and difficult to talk to about his illness. Eventualy he had a long chat with our Macmillan nurse and the myeloma nurse specialist. But it was not until he could see from various tests results that he was making progress that he had not been given a death sentence. The very word Cancer will put any one in a spin and she may be thinking some of the darkest thoughts.
I suggest you contact your nurse specialist to get some medication to deal with the nausea, in turn she will possibly feel less anxious. Peters anxiety was mostly to do with catching colds and germs from well meaning visitors.
She may have been warned that catching infections may lead to her being in hospital for iv treatment. Very worrying for a previously well individual.
Don't wait until her next appointment to deal with things that bother her physically, dealing with mm is difficult enough without additional worry, help is only a phone call away and will always be dealt with promptly.
After Peters first raised temperature he ended up as an inpatient, and was always angry with me when I said I was going to ring the hospital for advise. Rather have him in a ward getting treatment than at home getting worse. Was my motto.
We are all here to help one another and we have all been where you are today, so don't be afraid to ask. There is often someone with the answer, or the advise you need on the rest of your joint journey.
Min
