[richdrummieParticipant]

Thanks Helen
Its very good to hear everyones situations and stories from a knowledge point of view. Everybody is so positive.
Thanks Liz, ive responded on one of the other forums to yourself.

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Here is a scan of my spine
before and after
Feb 2012 and then July 2012 after having radiotherapy

[richdrummieParticipant]

Hi Liz

Thanks for your message.
I have had some bouyant news this last 2 weeks with the tumour gone from my Vertabrae and my para protein down to just 0.1 g p l

However there is not a lot left of my L5 so I am expecting an operation in the next weeks/months at Cardiff Hospital where they plan to install a titanium cage where the L5 was.

What symptoms do you suffer with at the moment? fatigue? night sweats?

Thanks

Richard

[richdrummieParticipant]

Hi

some interesting stories on here! Your all great fighters.
I was diagnosed back in April with solitary Plasmacytoma of the L5 vertabrae!I was in agony, 2 morphine and 8 co-codamol pills a day plus oral morphine for the pain relief.
The tumour fractured my vertabrae and its now crushed and half the size, I have had 6 weeks radiotherapy and am now waiting MRI results of the current situation. Its worked to an extent that i no longer need pain killers, but I was a very active person, and at the moment restricted to what exercise I can do which is frustrating.
Apart from seeing Haemetology, I am also under orthopeadic specialists with regards to repairing the Vertabrae.
I am 35!

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