Actually, CTD is the usual abbreviation for Cyclophosphamide + Thalidomide + Dexamethasone, not CDT. (If you need convincing try Googling CTD myeloma, then try Googling CDT myeloma.)

It’s not obvious that it should be one or the other. I sometimes have to think twice when I use the abbreviation in speech. CTDa is the attenuated version that has a…[Read more]

Hi Mandy

I was in the day unit on Friday too. I’m 41 days post transplant (day T+41), so I’m not all that far ahead of you.

I was diagnosed in mid October last year (that’s when I was told the bone marrow sample confirmed it was myeloma). After 4 cycles of CTDa and 4 cycles of Vel/Dex I had my transplant in early September.

The harvesting was a…[Read more]