“so who’s to say you won’t grow old and penniless because you spent all your pension money having holidays and enjoying life thinking you wouldn’t need it for later?”</span>

This is very true Rebecca, thank you for a smile moment on a damp and dreary morning.

I think we should all live our lives to the full and enjoy every day. There are medic…[Read more]

<span style=”font-family: Arial, Oswald, ‘Helvetica Neue’, Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19.5px; background-color: #fbfbfb;”>”so who’s to say you won’t grow old and penniless because you spent all your pension money having holidays and enjoying life thinking you wouldn’t need it for later?”</span>

This is very true Rebec…[Read more]

It’s happened again my posts been cut of in it’s prime!

Now then how did it go.

Do you have stem cells stored for a second SCT? I think if it was me I’d delay the SCT whilst I was doing and feeling ok especially in light of the experience you had with the first SCT though I guess no two SCTs are the same. Quality of life for me is the most…[Read more]

Hi Helen.

I just reread my last post and it seems to of been cut short.

I’m tired a lot of the time but I put that down to my sleepless nights due to the Dex effects. It’s a worry I have wondering how long my bone marrow can last with all the battering it’s taken with over three years of drugs. Though Pomalidomide seems to be a bit more gentle…[Read more]

Hi Vicki & Colin.

it seems a lot of people are having second SCT’s or getting ready for a second SCT at the moment. I know what you mean about it being a dilemma now with talk of a possible SCT for me I’m not even sure I would go for it. My reason being that it takes so long to get over a SCT that I wouldn’t want to spoil the quality of life I…[Read more]

Hi Dawn, I too attend attend the LRI, and like Tony I attend the special clinic as like Tony I am on the trial. However, my latest visit (12 days ago), I had to go to the usual clinic, there was a 2 hours delay as there was a shortage of consultants, I was eventually seen (Dr Barton) two and a half hours later, and then I was sent upstairs for…[Read more]

Hi Dawn, I too attend attend the LRI, and like Tony I attend the special clinic as like Tony I am on the trial. However, my latest visit (12 days ago), I had to go to the usual clinic, there was a 2 hours delay as there was a shortage of consultants, I was eventually seen (Dr Barton) two and a half hours later, and then I was sent upstairs for…[Read more]

Hi Dawn, I too attend the Leicester Royal, unlike Jeffrey I am on the myeloma XI drugs trial via the NHS. There is a special clinic for those on drugs trials, financed I think by a charity called Hope for Cancer ( Leicester based I believe ) I see the same consultants as Jeffrey, and like him I also have my favourites! Don’t think I ever seen a…[Read more]

Hi All,

I too felt more settled after reading Mike’s post, particularly after appt this week when my status was described as “relatively stable”.

Just to note how difficult people find it before their appts, my husband and I (along with the rest of my family) are so anxious and twitchy and frightened. It is such a relief to be told , see you…[Read more]

Hi James.

Your right I got it wrong apparently different patients show their myeloma in different readings. Some can only have their myeloma measured by bone marrow biopsy. I do know they don’t take any reading in isolation. Some have high paraprotein levels and aren’t treated immediately others have low paraprotein levels and get treated…[Read more]

Hi James.

Your right I got it wrong apparently different patients show their in different readings. Some can only have their myeloma measured by bone marrow biopsy. I do know they don’t take any reading in isolation. Some have high paraprotein levels and aren’t treated immediately others have low paraprotein levels and get treated straight away…[Read more]

Hi Susie.

No advice really. I took my cyclophosomide on Sundays so I could be off colour Mon, Tue, Wed, and sometimes Thursday so I could enjoy the weekend when Steph was off. That only happened weeks 2 & 3 of each cycle due to the Dex effect week one. I took my Cyclo with lots of water but even though I was on Cyclophosamide over two years I…[Read more]

Hi Jean.

They seem very strict criteria for Mikes PPs. Though I think I achieved it and I’ve just started my 12th cycle I guess it depends on the criteria by which you qualify for Pomalidomide. Is Mike on a trial?

My wife still works and is sneezing all the time but remarkably I’m doing ok.

I hope everything goes well.

Every day is a…[Read more]

Hi Helen.

It’s my steroid night as you may of found it’s taken weekly every week with Pomalidomide or at least I am. Pomalidomide seems to have a good response track record so hopefully it’ll get you to SCT. You didn’t have a great time after your last SCT but I guess time is what we want. It was two years ago the Prof. was looking at an Allo for…[Read more]

Hi Jeff.

I was on anticoagulants, I still am, before my kyphoplasty and my consultant and surgeon had differing views on it. In the end I think my consultant “won” because I was only off my tinzaparin for 24 hours pre-op. Though they did check my blood for clotting before going ahead.

Hi Vicki and Colin.

I think it’s just a remote possibility…[Read more]

I have to agree I would wish to smoulder forever, but don’t want to wait for treatment until there are signs/symptoms organ damage.

I have found the article online but will take a couple of read through’s to grasp the key concepts so thanks to Mike for the helpful précis of updated criteria.

I wonder what my Consultant will make of this and…[Read more]

Hiya Bernard, yep, been there, done that.
I would suggest that you read as much as you can on the subject, preferably from myeloma UK.
As for me, I was very nervous after the transplant specialist gave me the sequence of events and all the things that ‘could’ happen to the body after the transplant.
The harvest was easy, it took two sessions to…[Read more]

Hi James.

I was diagnosed at the beginning of October 2011 and Revilimid got my readings the lowest they had been till then though not spectacularly low. We measure paraproteins here but I think it’s the same as your immunoglobulina Gg reading. Mine was 11.7 I don’t get a reading for much else I just ask my specialist nurse if my are ok and if…[Read more]

Hi Susie.

It’s Tuesday night time for my usual Dex fueled ramblings.

I thought about you today as I got cramp in my feet and legs. It wasn’t too bad and it was expected as I’d taken my last Pomalidomide tablet Monday and it’s a regular end of cycle occurrence as it was when I was on Revilimid. I also got cramp in my fingers, how that happens…[Read more]

Hiive Helen.

No need to apologise life does continue outside the myeloma bubble sometimes it’s good other times it’s not so good and the forum takes a backseat for a time. I’m sorry to hear about your dad. Never an easy time. Steph’s dad died last month so we have some idea of what you’ve been through. I got officially finished from work in June…[Read more]