Keeping my fingers and toes crossed for Stephens harvest to go well, Mari!

I hope you are managing a little "me time" while he is in hospital.

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What a productive lady your Mum has proved to be, Ali!!

It took them 3 days to coax just over the bare 2 million of those pesky little cells when I had my harvest! 🙁

I wish your Mum and Dad a lovely few days away and good weather to enjoy it with.

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I hope all is going well for both Stephen and Ali's Mum!

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What wonderful news!! I do envy you both.

I had a short stint at being a grandma a long time ago but sadly my husband's children moved away both physically and mentally (due to his ex-wife's attitude towards his remarriage I think) and we have no idea how many grandchildren he has now or where in the world they live.

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Good to hear that things are going fairly smoothly for you, Stephen!!

I hope it won't be long before your neutrophil count starts to climb and the doctor starts to think of giving you a release date!!

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Good luck, Tom – don't forget to let us know when the episode is to be aired if you do get picked!

Hi Andy!

Well, as the others have said, at least you have had some questions answered and it looks as if you are now under the care of one of the head honchos in the MM world, which must be an improvement.

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They look as if they enjoyed the experience, bless them!:)

Good to see you posting too, Etta!!

I was told that the more "bone pain" I felt while my cells were (hopefully) multiplying the more cells would be available for harvest, so in this case pain is good!

Wishing you all the best for an uneventful procedure throughout.

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Shame on them!!

Maybe ask for them to email you the results? They are on their computer system so it would take only a few clicks!!

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Hello Myra!

I had hoped to be offered it after reading a few posts on here from others who had benefitted greatly and discussed it with my consultant, but by the time they had beaten down the pesky myeloma with CDT and an SCT and were considering it for my back, my vertebra had got worse and I now have a few bone fragments too near my spinal…[Read more]

What a rotten trick for the insurers to play on you and Pete, Ann!

If you can get something in writing from the Surgery or hospital to prove that there was no inkling that he had MM when the booking was made, that might help. Do you have a MacMillan nurse/contact? Perhaps they have someone who can take up the cudgels on your behalf?

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Good to see things are all going to plan, Stephen!

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Hi Alison!
Hopefully your Mum is home now.

You asked how I am feeling now – well apart from constant pain in my back due to my several disintegrated vertebrae I am doing OK. I was diagnosed after several months of having a "stiff" back when several vertebrae just collapsed doubling me over with pain as if someone had slashed a sword across my…[Read more]

Thank you, Helen!

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Wishing you just the right weather conditions for your run!

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I am so sorry to hear your Mum has finally slipped away.

Sending my love and prayers for you all at this sad time.

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No advice here, Andy, just sending you cyberhugs and my best wishes for your appointment.

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Wow – that was some cake sale!!

Do give your daughter my best wishes for Sunday!

Does she have a Justgiving page?

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Thanks for posting that link, Andy!

It was very insightful.

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