Hi Jeff
We were living in a village on the Isle of Wight when Charlie was diagnosed. We knew at least 4 people in the village with Myeloma and many more across the Island. When we moved back to Potters Bar in Hertfordshire, we registered at the doctors, he had 2 students from Cambridge with him at our consultation, he said to them, I will only see 3 cases of Myeloma in my career as a doctor, we were confused. We then moved to our new home in Bedfordshire, with exactly the same reaction, they do not have a clue about Myeloma. The doctors on the Isle of Wight were brilliant, knew exactly what they were dealing with. We asked Southampton General why, on the Island, there are so many but if you come up to more populated,one would presume, knowledgable areas, they are clueless. There must be some reason. We had no explanation.
Love Charlie and Mary x