Re melphalan – i have read about people having this before SCT but is there anybody, who like my husband, is having it as a last resort treatment (we have been told he will never be able to have SCT as he never got a remission from CTD, velcade or revlimid – and there are no healthy stem cells to harvest. The consultant said the huge dose of…[Read more]

Thank you Keith and Min for your replies, its always good to know you're not alone, anne

Hi my name is anne, my husband was diagnosed last july. Since then he has been on CDT and velcade, both of which worked initially then failed. He was given revlimid, which gave him a bad rash which he had to stop. We were devastated that all these had not given remission. He has now been given an infusion of melthalon (slegehammer approach), but…[Read more]