Hi Tina.
I was at the day case unit Friday, Keith and I go to North Tees, and I asked about him. Of course they couldn't tell me anything about his condition but they let me know he was on the ward. As you may know he has been in and out of hospital since new year and regularly at the day case unt. I've recently gone from weekly visits to monthly…[Read more]

Oh and as to cost – I read over the weekend that Revlamid is $425 a pill :-0 obviously that's in America.

Every day is a gift ( and expensive )
Andy

Hi David
First of all I only see one consultant and she has been my consultant since I was diagnosed. Obviously if I have an emergency whilst she is unavailable due to holidays or at another clinic I see another doctor but my consultant is the one that treats my myeloma. I have been referred on to Prof. Jackson at Newcastle due to my myeloma…[Read more]

Hi Eve & Slim
Sorry to read your news. I did see you'd posted it in another tread before. It's such a shame that Slim didn't get a decent remission out of the SCT especially after the fight he had to go through to get to SCT in the first place. As you say you did cram a lot into the 6 months whilst Slim was free of MM. Hopefully his next course…[Read more]

Hi Dai.
I'm at the day case unit Friday – hopefully I'll bump into Keith there and we'll have a catch up. The last time I saw him was the 8th March and he was just starting on melphalan.
As to your neutrophils mine haven't been over 1.1 for nearly a year now. My readings have hovered between 8 and 1.1 for the last 4 or 5 months but did go as low…[Read more]

Hi Helen.
Can't say I've ever felt the need to shave my legs not even for Red Nose Day 😉 as for curly hair well! Not having been through SCT I guess that's one treat I'm going to miss out on. :-/ I remember having hair – just – got some old b&w photos somewhere showing me with hair though I seem to recall I was also running around in shorts at…[Read more]

Hi Rab
Welcome to the site. Sorry you have to be here but I guess we are all sorry to be here. It's a warm and friendly place to be.

The good news is as the letter states your in complete remission so well done.

Zometa is a bone strengthening drug that also has shown to work against myeloma. I'm sure you'll of been prescribed it to prevent…[Read more]

Hi ner
I'm sorry that your mum has been diagnosed with MM. Welcome to the forum that all of us would prefer not to be members of.

Everyone's journey with this awful disease is different – but the starting point can be very similar – I too started off with back ache and it took 18 months for me to be introduced to the world of multiple myeloma.…[Read more]

Tom
Your right there are some right dickheads out there wrapped up in their own little worlds where nothing matters as long as they can breath, drink, smoke or do whatever THEY want. But and it's a Jennifer Lopez sized BUTT there are lots of people who do care. The problem a lot of the caring people have is vocalising their caring side. Some can…[Read more]

That's what I've been led to believe Tom.
Mind you it's still a long way off but I'm hoping to get my free Revlamid 😀

Hi Vicki sorry your not well, but it's great that Colin is well enough to look after you for a change. Hopefully you'll both have a long time to recharge your batteries now and get back to some sort of a normal…[Read more]

Hi Dai.
Thanks for posting Pats article. I read it on twitter, I follow him as he has some great insights and info, and found it to be very apt. I have found that those around me look at me and think I'm beating MM because I "look well" but I'm not. I know it's a fight I can't win. I'm living with MM I can't even get to SCT I'm on drugs…[Read more]

Thanks Mavis and Tom.
I've been told by my specialist nurse if I make it to cycle 25 Revlamid will then be supplied free for me to the NHS. Now that's a goal to aim for. 🙂 Though it'll cost the NHS a canny bit to get me there lol.

Andy on Dex :-/
😀

Hi Jackie. Thanks for your reply. Yes I am attending the Leicester Royal Infirmary, currently under the Bone Marrow Unit but expect to be referred back to the haematology unit very soon. The group meets at Helen Webb House. Have you been there, they offer al sorts of services for both the patient and the carer. And yes one of the nurses is Jenny…[Read more]

Hello Jackie, so sorry to read about your mum. I was diagnosed about a year ago with myeloma, I went through a drugs trial and over the past month have just completed a stem cell transplant. It will be about 3 months before we know if the stem cell transplant has been successful or not, so fingers crossed. I can only tell you of my experience,…[Read more]

Hiya David.
I hope the blood sample you give today turns out to be a good one and your consultant has the same smile that seems to be permanently on the face of Tom's consultant. Good luck.
All the best.
Andy

Great news Tom my twitter & f/book friend 😉
As Dai says is great that you're here all the time giving support even though your in longer term remission. Could you have stumbled on the secret of long term remission VODKA? I think you should have a little celebration over the w/end 😉
In fact I'm going out tomorrow night and i'm going to have a…[Read more]

Hi Tom.
I'm on just in case anti-virals because I've never had chickenpox! There's a lot of it about at the moment and its very dangerous, or so I've been led to believe, to us MMers. If I come into contact with anyone with the pox 😉 or anyone who's been in close contact with someone with it I have to get along to the hospital straight away. So…[Read more]

Hi Rob.
I had the pump when I was on PAD it wasn't too bad once i got used to it though I too missed out on the red pee. I only had two cycles of Pad or it may of been three but it didn't happen for me 🙁 side effects wise I got a little numbing in the end of my fingers like you get when you've had your hands in water too long.
Hope everything…[Read more]