[CarolParticipant]

Hello Val – We have a second home in Brittany which my husband Allan and I enjoy spending as many weeks as we can there. Allan was diagnosed during 2011 and even when he was going through his initial chemo treatment, his Consultant was happy for him to go providing our local Doctor in France had alls his meds on his computer should necessity arise although our Consultant lets us take sufficient supplies o our trips. Unfortunately because of his age he cannot have a stem cell transplant. It is possible although complicated to arrange, for treatment to take place in France if you wanted to spend a longer time there. I know this because I asked! Hope this helps and enjoy la belle France.

[CarolParticipant]

My husband Allan was diagnosed May of last year and so I have been keeping up to date with all your comments as and when. I felt I had to reply to this one as Allan's Mum died of the same cancer i.e. Multiple Myeloma and I think there must be some pre-disposition. Allan is 71 now and went through his CTD last year. He is fairly stable now – para protein 14. He takes bonefos as he has for lytic lesions. His mum died at 81 and was diagnosed after a tumour was discovered on her spine. Both Allan and his mum suffered a great deal of pain in their backs before diagnosis and I am of the opinion that the illness could have been picked up much earlier. I worry sometimes that one of our three girls will go on to develop some kind of symptoms. Maybe we should push for some screening?

Carol

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