Myeloma Forum | RuthBrett | Activity https://forum.myeloma.org.uk/members/ruth75/activity/ Activity feed for RuthBrett. Sun, 19 Apr 2026 04:27:55 +0100 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.9.4 en-GB 30 hourly 2 61fae5f5be4461b2a2cb3c2ee0346603 RuthBrett started the topic Can anyone shed any light - re: Paraproteins, SCT, Bone Marrow Transplant. in the forum Treatment http://www.myeloma.org.uk/forums/topic/can-anyone-shed-any-light-re-paraproteins-sct-bone-marrow-transplant Mon, 23 May 2011 18:01:35 +0100 Hi, not posted much but will try to explain the situation. My ex husband (father to my four children) was diagnosed with Myeloma in late feb this year. When he was admitted to hospital his pp level was 115. The consultant said this was very high but I didn't realise how high until recently. On discharge 10 or so days later, after four plasma…[Read more]

]]> e65ff4dd41602d6229932b0154219df4 RuthBrett replied to the topic Should he be in so much pain? in the forum General http://www.myeloma.org.uk/forums/topic/should-he-be-in-so-much-pain#post-90000 Sun, 20 Mar 2011 23:36:12 +0000 Hi everyone, thanks for the replies. Since I posted this things got worse, last Monday his back gave out and he ended up sofa bound. He has been there ever since, with the exception of a couple of painful trips to the loo.

He refused to do anything about the pain, insisting he had pulled a muscle. Eventually his girlfriend made a GP appt for…[Read more]

]]> 60fd1c439f1aa68f82d40431177b8f95 RuthBrett replied to the topic Should he be in so much pain? in the forum General http://www.myeloma.org.uk/forums/topic/should-he-be-in-so-much-pain#post-89994 Wed, 09 Mar 2011 19:44:46 +0000 hi, he was given an x-ray as part of the initial investigation then he had a skeletal survey (?) last week when he was in the hospital but from what has been said this was done to provide some sort of benchmark (not sure if that is the right word) for future reference. Does this sound normal? They haven't indicated any bone damage from this as far…[Read more]

]]> 481ac86cacd939bdf3b54a50445395a1 RuthBrett started the topic Should he be in so much pain?. in the forum General http://www.myeloma.org.uk/forums/topic/should-he-be-in-so-much-pain Wed, 09 Mar 2011 18:30:47 +0000 My husband was diagnosed with Myeloma 2 weeks ago. it was discovered after he was referred to a&e by an optician who discovered a ruptured blood vessel behind his eye. He was found to have haemorrhages behind both eyes and very high paraprotein levels in his blood. he has also been suffering really bad back pain for about 4 months prior to…[Read more]

]]> 7d00e53be2a0ec4bd44e4ba7c1155f46 RuthBrett replied to the topic Looking for information in the forum General http://www.myeloma.org.uk/forums/topic/looking-for-information#post-89938 Sun, 06 Mar 2011 20:36:19 +0000 .

]]> d65e37198dc3751f434bed4c9b267943 RuthBrett replied to the topic Looking for information in the forum General http://www.myeloma.org.uk/forums/topic/looking-for-information#post-89934 Wed, 02 Mar 2011 22:30:32 +0000 Thank you for your replies, it is helpful to hear from real experiences rather than statistics.

My husband has been put on a drugs trial, I don't know what for though, he couldn't remember all the names. I know one is thalidomide, not very helpful He had a third plasma exchange today, and another transfusion this evening, his proteins are very…[Read more]

]]> 787977f65b143a210b1cb59e6bce8a22 RuthBrett started the topic Looking for information. in the forum General http://www.myeloma.org.uk/forums/topic/looking-for-information Tue, 01 Mar 2011 15:00:30 +0000 Hi, I hope you don't mind me posting here. My husband, who is only 29, was diagnosed with Myeloma last week. As I'm sure you know it has come as a huge shock. We have four children aged 6,4,2 and 1.

He was sent to a&e by the optician for a ruptured blood vessel behind his eye. They told him he had haemorrhages behind both eyes and would need to…[Read more]

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