Myeloma Forum | Herma Richards | Activity https://forum.myeloma.org.uk/members/whoopiscuba/activity/ Activity feed for Herma Richards. Wed, 29 Apr 2026 17:16:18 +0100 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.9.4 en-GB 30 hourly 2 99a318915bf6ad80408f1837fded349f Herma Richards started the topic Heart Problems in the forum General https://www.myeloma.org.uk/forums/topic/heart-problems/ Tue, 23 Jan 2018 00:50:08 +0000 Since I was diagnosed they told I have now got a heart problem even though I had never suffered with heart problem before.  The consultant words where it’s underline as I had asked the question has the Chemo caused it. They can’t commit themselves by saying “yes it was” . Now I suffer shortness of breath and sometimes dizzy spell. Got Protein…[Read more]

]]> bfd28b376917c749c54d5841da918f2e Herma Richards started the topic Broken a bone in the forum General https://www.myeloma.org.uk/forums/topic/broken-a-bone/ Tue, 23 Jan 2018 00:39:39 +0000 like we all we all spent short or a long time in hospital. So decided to do my own survey. This is what I found :

Some people had broken a bone up to 5 years ago or even a year, some people had slipped and broken a bone on holiday.  After carrying out a blood test found out that they had MM or just M.

With that it made me think that is M and MM…[Read more]

]]> 107fb5f4cd4ee19c5ec5841322df36c2 Herma Richards started the topic If if it Does not start with “C” in the forum General https://www.myeloma.org.uk/forums/topic/if-if-it-does-not-start-with-c/ Tue, 23 Jan 2018 00:22:24 +0000 I found out talking to consultants each month about my MM is fine and if I suggest that my MM is causing a certain issue they brush it aside and carry on talking about my MM, but I am very persistence so I get them to do a MRI or having a CT scan.  Then they agree with me.  Never understand the logic as is us that know our bodies not them.

]]> b6a383d9a9d96c5406c5ca7d495ca011 Herma Richards started the topic Costa Coffee Northwood in the forum General https://www.myeloma.org.uk/forums/topic/costa-coffee-northwood/ Thu, 18 Jan 2018 22:18:39 +0000 moved to this area 3 nearly 4 years ago anyone live in the area willing to meet up for a chat and a coffee. Don’t know anybody that I can do this with or even a lunch.

]]> 64066a6ac1c20317a5c989293a07f73f Herma Richards started the topic ECG HOLTER Monitor in the forum General https://www.myeloma.org.uk/forums/topic/ecg-holter-monitor/ Thu, 18 Jan 2018 21:46:42 +0000 having one fitted 19/1/18

]]> b7eca50b73a55fba2e57f08f173222fe whoopiscuba started the topic Ice crushing addictions in the forum General https://www.myeloma.org.uk/forums/topic/ice-crushing-addictions/ Thu, 18 Jan 2018 20:56:01 +0000 does anybody suffer from crushing ice since I’ve being on Chemo  3 years I go through nearly 4kgs of crushed ice a week Tesco is the best . I like the sound it makes and not eating the ice itself  I ask everytime to all the consultant and register’s I see if they have come across this . Got told only pregnant women has a carving for ice.

]]> 00aa90a390d0d3608b6ac879a59d1d95 whoopiscuba started the topic Blackhorse Meeting in the forum Newcomers https://www.myeloma.org.uk/forums/topic/blackhorse-meeting/ Thu, 18 Jan 2018 17:13:58 +0000 I will definitely be attending in March.

]]> e0b69253251de342b9489789ef9c2085 whoopiscuba replied to the topic Steroids in the forum Side-effects https://www.myeloma.org.uk/forums/topic/steroids/#post-136801 Thu, 18 Jan 2018 16:56:02 +0000 Hi Jan take dexamethasone with my Chemo and everything you said s True . At first the told me I had to take 20 of these tabs a week breaking it down too a week.  When on them I had so much energy and got no sleep so I have the sparkling mirrors and windows in my flat – forget about sleeping . Mood swings aggressive as my family pointed out as I…[Read more]

]]> 7b84f10787f40e2e8a86db65740352cd whoopiscuba changed their profile picture https://forum.myeloma.org.uk/activity/p/52114/ Thu, 18 Jan 2018 16:40:02 +0000 0 081e999f358a5d6df8dc38882ebc027c whoopiscuba started the topic Mutli-Myeloma wish knew about this site 3 years ago in the forum Newcomers https://www.myeloma.org.uk/forums/topic/mutli-myeloma-wish-knew-about-this-site-3-years-ago/ Thu, 18 Jan 2018 16:21:53 +0000 It was a shock when told I could not go back to the job i was doing abroad and my family had hidden my passport from me.  I had not notice the lose of weight on my just thought i had being working so hard, i had just popped over for a week to say hi to my family on the Monday and out back abroad on the Friday.  Well that never happened.  My da…[Read more]

]]> 04c7fb3e932f6a64ac506f2c39f5e686 whoopiscuba became a registered member https://forum.myeloma.org.uk/activity/p/52112/ Thu, 18 Jan 2018 15:45:18 +0000 0