nickb

  • nickb replied to the topic 11years from diagnosis in the forum General 5 years, 12 months ago

    Hi Jenny sorry missed your post of  28 04 my last review 9 05 pp 4.6 all bloods ok been stable like this last couple of years. Like You’re dad I worked in heavy industry diagnosed age 54 , on my consultants reccomendation I stayed off work a total of 18 months . I was lucky I still had reasonable mobility and had very few issues throughout my…[Read more]

  • nickb replied to the topic 11years from diagnosis in the forum General 6 years, 2 months ago

    Hi peony

    Sorry to hear of your suffering. Like you I have no faith in my gp it took 6months of continual blood tests before referring me to hospital. I have my bloods done every 4 weeks and have a review with my nurse specialist 10 days later. My consultant has recently moved to another hospital but this routine won’t change. Can you not contact…[Read more]

  • nickb replied to the topic 11years from diagnosis in the forum General 6 years, 2 months ago

    Thanks for the link. After reading his story seems he’s been through the mill. His attitude to the disease is like mine, no way was I going to give in to some alien invaders in my body. I have always had a positive attitude and trusted implicitly in my consultant and my team of nurses. This is an awful disease and no two people are affected in the…[Read more]

  • nickb replied to the topic 11years from diagnosis in the forum General 6 years, 2 months ago

    <p style=”text-align: left;”>Hi Peter</p>
    <p style=”text-align: left;”>I know there are many with mm who have survived much longer than I have. I consider myself very lucky that I have had very few issues compared to others who are posting on here.</p>
    <p style=”text-align: left;”>My post was to give those newly diagnosed with mm hope for the…[Read more]

  • Hi all

    Yesterday I hit the milestone of 10 yrs post SCT 11yrs from being diagnosed with mm at 53 yrs old I Have been 9 yrs free of all medication apart from antibiotics for occasional chest infection. Present PP level is 4.5 all other blood results ok. I am posting this to give hope to anyone newly diagnosed. Stay positive listen to your medical…[Read more]

  • nickb became a registered member 6 years, 2 months ago