Hi Sarah

It will be good to have your husband home. Ian is now walking with sticks and getting stronger. We got a grant for a wet room with hand rails. He also has a riser recline chair, Comdex also used in the shower and a hospital bed. Speak to your social worker if you need anything.

Maureen x

Hi David

Sorry to hear you are having a hard time. Hope you get that holiday. What insurance company do you use?

We have planned our first getaway but only for one night. We are having at treat at Gleneagles Hotel. Will look at booking somewhere warm if Ian is well.

Maureen

Hi Sarah

Ian wasn’t advised to avoid any types of food but I do wash fruit thoroughly and we only eat red meat once a week. Was told to eat lots of proteins to heal wounds and I also give him a teaspoon ogre manuka honey every day as it is good for the immune system.

Hope M is home soon

Maureen x

Hi Tina

Glad you have recovered and wish you well for 2014

Maureen x

Hi Sal

Sorry to hear about M. My hubby is 57 and has had several operations on his spine and lost mobility. He is now walking on crutches and getting stronger after more than a year in hospital. Take one day at a time and try not to look far into the future. Comfort him but do try to make him do things for himself and be independant.

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Hi Andy

Had a nice Christmas and New Year at home with friends and family.

Hope you enjoyed the festive season and that the new treatment will work to give you some remission. Ian,s ChristmasFLC now 583 so BMB scheduled soon and more cycles of CTD.

Stay positive and yes every day is a gift.

Maureen x

We are in central Scotland and get treatment at Forth Valley Royal hospital. We have found the consultants very good. I believe Dundee have a specialist unit for myeloma

Maureen

Hi Graham

Had a nice Christmas with the family and spending New Year with friends. Ian is still on antibiotics for the wound in his back but we only attend hospital once a week. He is also receiv i ng physiotherapy and can now walk short distances on his crutches. His FLC are rising, now 538 so getting BMB soon and talking about more treatment,…[Read more]

Happy New Year Jean and Frank. I hope it will be a good year and a cure for myeloma will be found or a miracle.

Love Maureen & Ian x

Helen and Andy

Wound is being reviewed every week in Edinburgh and is healing nicely. Still going every morning to FVRH for antibiotics. Up at am7.30 every morning and feeling tired.

Looking forward to Christmas with the family. My daughter will help with the cooking. Love seeing the granddaughters.

Merry Christmas

Maureen x

My husband takes manuka honey which is good for fighting infection

Maureen

HI Andy

I was thinking of Dai too. It was a lovely day here and I like to think he is now signing with the angels.

Think of him often and will miss his cheery character.

Maureen

Hi Tom

Sorry to hear yeloma has come back but stay positive and hopefully you will have many more years in remission.

As you always say onwards and upwards.

Maureen

Hi Andy

Haven’t been to Belgium but like their chocolate.
Hope you have success with cycle 22 and get your pp down low and Christmas will be a good time for all the family.

Maureen

Hi Pauline

Sorry to hear your hubby Marc has mm and so young. We all suffer from shock when our loved ones are firstly diagnosed. My husbnad is 57 and has been in hospital for seven months due to late diagnosis which consisted of a compressed spine. We learn to adapt and take each day as it comes. As Andy says each day is a gift.

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Hi Tom

Thanks for the information. I will save it and refer to it in the future.

Maureen

Hi Eve

Sorry that Slim has relapsed, but hope that revlimid works. I think that is Ian's next treatment when he relapses. Enjoy your holiday in France and keep thinking positive.

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Hi Christine

My husband Ian has not been offered an SCT as he is not mobile at the moment but consultant said that after looking at all options SCT is not now considedred as first treatment. This is also the opinion in the US as there are other treatments that work without being so invasive.

Hope they can find an alternative for Chris.

Maureen x