Hi Mervyn,

I hope you are feeling OK today and coping. After having put off going through the SCT process for the past 7 years, I am about to embark on it in the next few months. I have had various treatments during that time: Velcade, Revlimid, Velcade again and have now run out of options so I am taking the plunge. As I live on my own, it has…[Read more]

Amanda, I am certainly no expert on benefit claims as I don’t receive any state benefits myself apart from my state pension. However, do seek advice from the people who understand these things. Macmillan in my area are wonderful and if there is a Macmillan nurse in the hospital your husband attends then I wouldn’t hesitate to ask her advice.

Hope…[Read more]

Hello, Treakle.

Finding out that your Dad has myeloma must be scary but he and you will cope with it. I was diagnosed, aged 58, in August 2007, just a year after my husband died, so I have had to cope with the various treatments and attendant problems on my own. Yes, I have a wonderful family but I can’t and don’t expect them to run round after…[Read more]

Hi Carol,

Thanks for replying. I was starting to think I was the only person in the UK on Pom seeing as I had no replies!

So glad to hear that Pom is working for you. As I said, I am one of the lucky ones as each new treatment has been highly effective for me. That’s why I was growing so downhearted when the Pom failed to do anything. That plus…[Read more]