Myeloma Forum | kempy | Activity https://forum.myeloma.org.uk/members/kempy/activity/ Activity feed for kempy. Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:08:41 +0100 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.9.4 en-GB 30 hourly 2 03ed31c7f40450fa2b398f4a2540ebfe kempy replied to the topic Transplant anxiety in the forum Newcomers https://www.myeloma.org.uk/forums/topic/transplant-anxiety/#post-131733 Tue, 31 Jan 2017 20:23:04 +0000 Hi,

I was diagnosed in November 2013 and had SCT in June 2014.

I was fully advised that I might feel unwell and I was braced for it being quite unpleasant. Hmmm, well, it wasn’t. I certainly lost my appetite but it wasn’t awful, not at all. I was allowed home after about 2 weeks. Though I tired easily at first, as weeks went by, I felt largely…[Read more]

]]> 0707fd78fdc15d428bb8215c47577690 kempy replied to the topic SCT effectiveness in the forum Treatment https://www.myeloma.org.uk/forums/topic/sct-effectiveness/#post-129914 Fri, 07 Oct 2016 17:27:48 +0100 Hi Brian…..I had a SCT in June 2014 after treatment brought me to remission. Touch wood, all is still well and life is good. I’m on low dosage Lenalidomide maintenance under a trial. I know it varies so much but my experience with the SCT was so much better than I expected. Although I had tiredness and presumably lower resistance for some time…[Read more]

]]> 569442c2794f4d013ee8ee55710196da kempy replied to the topic Stem cell transplant - share your experience? in the forum Newcomers https://www.myeloma.org.uk/forums/topic/stem-cell-transplant-share-your-experience/#post-128659 Thu, 30 Jun 2016 15:25:51 +0100 Hi Steve……I had a SCT almost exactly two years ago at the Christie, Manchester when I was 64, in other respects, reasonably healthy and, so far (touch wood), I’m still in remission.

Everyone advised me I could feel pretty unwell and I was braced for something much worse than actually  happened. I was out after 14 days. I had some nausea…[Read more]

]]> e99c14f359dc7aa61d7d7b6b50cb8082 kempy replied to the topic New kid on the block in the forum Newcomers https://www.myeloma.org.uk/forums/topic/new-kid-on-the-block-2/#post-128396 Wed, 08 Jun 2016 16:35:53 +0100 Hi Sally, I’m certainly a ‘New kid on the block” when it comes to posting replies……I thought I’d successfully posted this yesterday….but apparently not 🙂

Your situation seems similar to my initial diagnosis. Radio therapy was considered for my plasmacytoma                                                                                    …[Read more]

]]> 475d9a0438a9c89be8879218cca01bd0 kempy posted a new activity comment https://forum.myeloma.org.uk/activity/p/45557/#acomment-45717 Tue, 07 Jun 2016 17:29:44 +0100 Hi Sally, your situation seems similar to my initial diagnosis. Radio therapy was considered for my plasmacytoma…[Read more]

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