Myeloma Forum | MichaelChanner | Activity https://forum.myeloma.org.uk/members/mike59/activity/ Activity feed for MichaelChanner. Mon, 13 Apr 2026 17:07:26 +0100 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.9.4 en-GB 30 hourly 2 b1e6e1b3e66c5825e96b3ebdfc865255 MichaelChanner replied to the topic Recently diagnosed in the forum Newcomers http://www.myeloma.org.uk/forums/topic/recently-diagnosed/page/2/#post-86293 Wed, 25 Jul 2012 18:12:19 +0100 vicki colin,
MRI tomorrow at gloucester,then back to see Dr Chown for results august 14.
nice to here from someone local,good luck for the future.
mike

]]> 5c4d03c3eba41c77a165f47b0c80022b MichaelChanner replied to the topic Recently diagnosed in the forum Newcomers http://www.myeloma.org.uk/forums/topic/recently-diagnosed#post-86289 Tue, 24 Jul 2012 11:01:41 +0100 eliz,thanks for the reply i am starting with the trolley tomorrow but i feel a bit of a fraud as not in a lot of pain, thanks again and look after yourself.
mike

]]> 1a32e50c30a2b705c30f2da84dfb62a0 MichaelChanner replied to the topic Recently diagnosed in the forum Newcomers http://www.myeloma.org.uk/forums/topic/recently-diagnosed#post-86287 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 09:53:59 +0100 Thanks Carol,

It's good to hear other people's experiences and understand a bit more about the disease. Good to hear that people are still living normal lives.

The frustrating thing at the moment is it just feels like being in limbo – waiting to see the specialist, waiting for scans, waiting for tests results…

Many thanks again

Mike

]]> 0d65d96c8c5c2eb9892d5b427f915ad4 MichaelChanner replied to the topic Recently diagnosed in the forum Newcomers http://www.myeloma.org.uk/forums/topic/recently-diagnosed#post-86284 Sun, 22 Jul 2012 09:16:01 +0100 Thanks so much Andy and Tom,

Very grateful for all the support. I will definitely have a chat with my boss on Monday – I think some posties have a trolley to push around rather than a bag which might be better – I'm keen to carry on as close to normal as I can for as long as possible.

I'm based in the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire so…[Read more]

]]> 400b0a48bfb9e9cfc6ad6a9aa456d306 MichaelChanner replied to the topic Recently diagnosed in the forum Newcomers http://www.myeloma.org.uk/forums/topic/recently-diagnosed#post-86281 Fri, 20 Jul 2012 20:41:46 +0100 Hi Vicky, Colin and Eve for your comments and support.

My boss is being very supportive and so I will ask whether I can switch to something lighter until we know more.

Not starting treatment yet, but off for an MRI scan Thursday so should know a few more details then.

Mike

]]> 0324a6e545f60c061e4fd082cd3a7f87 MichaelChanner started the topic Recently diagnosed. in the forum Newcomers http://www.myeloma.org.uk/forums/topic/recently-diagnosed Fri, 20 Jul 2012 19:17:33 +0100 Hi everyone, my name is Mike and I've just been diagnosed this week with Myeloma, aged 53.

It's come as a shock as I'm not really experiencing any symptoms apart from a few aches and pains (was picked up in a routine appointment).

We're still taking it all in at the moment, and so are still quite confused about the effects of this…[Read more]

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