Forum: Multiple Myeloma Forum

Hi All, My Immunoglobulin is slightly raised over the normal amount and has been consistent. Hovering around 3.5 - 4.0 over the normal figure of...

Is there anyone out there who has myeloma and is effected when drinking water or fluids? I’ve noticed my skull aches some time after I drink water....

My mom is 60 years old started having hip pain in January 2010. Her doctor thought it was arthritis but after some tests saw it was a lesion. She...

I hope you all don't think I'm a bad person,but I seriously question my sister's so called cancer. She said 9 years ago that she had a tumor in...

I had an acquaintance ask my sister about the status of her MM since she gets angry whenever we ask her about it. she said that chemotherapy and...

Hey, my mom had recently diagnosed with multiple myeloma and i wonder if anyone here who had been through this sickness and recovered? and somehow...

My mother has advanced MM and after this last relapse they found out it was also non-secreting so it's very hard to detect. They put her on Velcade...

I know someone who has multiple myeloma. He is on his own, has few if any friends and no family worth speaking about. He has been told it is a...

I am new to the forum. My fiance' was treated for solitary plasmacytoma at the level of c6 vertebrae with incomplete surgical resection, anterior...

I'll be 77 in December. For about six years I've been treated for Osteo Arthritis (right foot, both knees and spine) and Polymyalgia Rheumatica,...

My husband went to the Dr thinking he had a plugged tear duct in August 2009. I just buried him on May 20, 2010. The Doctor that saw him tried to...

Hi folks- my heart goes out to you all - have just found this forum and need to be here. My story goes as follow; In November 2007 my...

Hi I am a 31 year old male and had rutine blood work done and my total protein serum level came back at a 9.1. Also my uric acid came back at 8.3. My...

Hi everyone, I am 38 years old and am scared and not sure what is going on with me..... They recently found an abnormal protein in my blood but let...

Greetings - I am asking on behalf of my 60yo brother, who is in end stage MM, thanks to a presumed exposure to Agent Orange in Vietnam. He had...

hello, my mother recently discovered a high monoclonal protien count and had a test for MM. She came out okay, for which I am very grateful. I...

anyone have experience with thalomide as maintence (pill form) thnx j

Does anyone have any information on this relatively new generic? Anyone taking it?

Hi, I am a student from Italy. One of my relatives suffer from multiple myeloma back in India. She has undergone a cycle of chemotherapy from...

Hello, my husband has had MM for 5 yrs. Gone down the usual route,2 tansplants, thalidomide, velcade,revlimid twice and basically you name it he has...

I have been living with Sickle Cell Anemia since it was discovered when I was 3 years old. Recently, I have been diagnosed with multiple myeloma and...

This is my first post here, thank you for reeading. My Dad has a double whammy. He has had Parkinson's for about 10 years. Just before thanksgiving,...

New with questions. I have had MGUS since 1999, with an M-spike, sometimes 0.3, sometimes 0.6. Last exam showed 0.2. The Freelite test shows...

I just learned that I have elevated Kappa & Lambda free light chains levels. The Lambda is 8.5 while the normal range is .57 to 2.63. The Kappa...

Hi, I have been trying to get a diagnosis for 5 months now. The usual suspects were Lyme Disease and Lupus, but I just tested high with the Kappa...

how do santize your home, after stem cell transplant?? Other issue of santization procedures

Am a new member.. I wish I had found this forum much earlier :( My husband of almost 30 years lost his battle with this beastly cancer 2 weeks...

Hi, I am new here. My father was diagnosed with MM about 11 months ago. However, he and my mother chose not to tell anyone until last weekend,...

My dad was diagnosed in April of 2004. M-Spike was at 17 they told us he would not last 3 months. He received his first stell cell transplant in...

sir, my brother age 28 had MM in may 2007, underwent chemo 4 cycle of bortzomib/dexa. then in Nov 2007 auto transplant was done. everything was fine...

First my background. In 2001 I was dx'd with rectal cancer. Surgery removed my rectum and anus and left me with a permanent colostomy. I had chemo...

I just posted for the first time yesterday about my mom being diagnosed with lung cancer. But this was before we had gotten the biopsy results. Turns...

Hi there, My name is Marg and I have recently been diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma. I have had 1 round of chemo (Melphalan and Cortisone) and will...

Can anyone tell me if Humana views stem cell transplants for MM as covered or not? Any concerns with Humana overall? I know that all policies vary. I...

Has anyone ever heard of such a high number and the person just being diagnosed?? That was my mother's (68 y.o.) bone marrow biopsy. They started...

Hi All I have posted on here a while back and now it's time to re-acquaint myself with this great group of people. I hope that in some way I will be...

Just wondered if anyone else has tried any alt. treatment without using any chemo. My siblings and I do not want to put our mother through chemo...

I'll start with the positive side of my story. My Dad (67yo) was diagnosed with MM in early 2002 and following some chemo and a stem cell transplant...

The doctor said that it is "smouldering" as in "inactive". However, she has had to have blood transfusions monthly and now more and more frequently....

My Dad is now in his second year of Multiple Myeloma. He presented with what we thought was pneumonia but it turned out he had kidney failour due to...

From Anna, Hi all, I'm not new to MM. My Dad has had it almost 11 years. I have several MM boards I'm on. One thing I ask is did any of you with...

Hi all, Its been a long time since I posted on here but I thought I would give you all an update and also ask for some opinions. Backround ...

Hello, Im new to this forum. 18 months ago my best fried was treated using chemo for multiple myeloma, she is 50. In October 2008 she complained...

From Anna, Hi all, Dad went back to cancer Dr. today. He got a good report. His red count was 12. something which is good. His protein count...

I need to know!!!!! no one answered for months MM can attack your adrenal gland I guess no one has ever had a biopsy.. I am going to be the guinea...

I am a 40 year old male in Washington State, who yearly ends up in the ER with chronic Bronchitis that just never goes away. 2 weeks ago the same...

Hi Everybody, firstly I want to tell everybody that I admire them. This is such a difficult thing to go through, and we are only just beginning. My...

Recent bone marrow test showed I have early M/M. I am a 90-year old with several stents, high blood pressure, and anemia. My doctor advises...

We first discovered that my mother-in-law had Multiple Myeloma in May 2007, after almost a year of running to various doctors and treatments trying...

I have a nodule on my right adrenal gland which has doubled in size in 4 months found through ctscan with my ongologist they now measure 2.2x2.6 he...