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PostPosted: Sun Oct 24, 2004 10:01 pm    Post subject: myeloma survival time Reply with quote
Very Happy
my husband has had myeloma for 7 yrs. has had everything but bone marrow transplant. stem cell transplant did not take. currently he is getting over shingles. very painful. sleeps alot now. had a areness shot (300mgs.) 2 wks ago not helping. wonder if his time is near or what.
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 25, 2004 9:20 pm    Post subject: Re: myeloma survival time Reply with quote
[quote="pegbruce"]Very Happy
my husband has had myeloma for 7 yrs. has had everything but bone marrow transplant. stem cell transplant did not take. currently he is getting over shingles. very painful. sleeps alot now. had a areness shot (300mgs.) 2 wks ago not helping. wonder if his time is near or what.[/quote] just returned from the drs. he is now on oxygen at nite. resuming another course of chemo. igg level shot back up to 2300 . was 1635. he is taking arsenic (trioxinic).
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 25, 2004 9:29 pm    Post subject: Re: myeloma survival time Reply with quote
Hello,

It is very difficult to know if "it's time". He certainly lived far beyond the median survival for myeloma patients, which currently is 33 months. It seems like he will have some more chemotherapy with arsenic, which may help. Please let us know if we can help.

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PostPosted: Wed Oct 27, 2004 9:29 pm    Post subject: multiple myeloma Reply with quote
leo-thanks fore the info. thats what I was looking for. Sad I would like to get in touch with some one else with this type of cancer. how do I do that? was told at the onslault of this cancer he would have most likly 20 yrs of quality life. so far it has been deteriorating and rite now his quality of life is not to good. thanks for listening

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PostPosted: Fri Nov 19, 2004 10:29 pm    Post subject: Re: myeloma survival time Reply with quote
hello, just Peg again. my husband is off the arsenic as of last week. he is getting radiation on his front rt. arm and shoulder and on his lower back, where the cancer first started. his meds have been increased by quite a lot. the chemo was not working. is there any thing else you might could suggest that may or may not help him. I feel we may be running out of time. any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. thanks again.
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 21, 2004 12:54 pm    Post subject: Re: myeloma survival time Reply with quote
Peg,

I wish I could tell you that usual survival for myeloma is 20y... but the reality is far from that, as you are witnessing.

I know that there are at least 2 major centers in the US for multiple myeloma: University of Arkansas and Mayo Clinic.

regards,
Leo
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 05, 2005 8:30 pm    Post subject: Re: myeloma survival time Reply with quote
Leo-am purchasing a infrared therapy light and am wodering if it will hurt Bob if I use it on his shingle pain. I had heard that you should not use one on cancer people.
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 06, 2005 4:25 pm    Post subject: shingles pain Reply with quote
Peg

Honestly I have not heard of infrared light helping with shingles pain. I do not find evidence of IR light being beneficial or harmful to cancer patients either, but theoretically it could go either way. I would probably not expose him to something that may be harmful. Shingles will improve with improvement after chemotherapy.

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PostPosted: Fri Feb 18, 2005 11:41 pm    Post subject: Re: shingles pain Reply with quote
[quote="leo"]Peg

Honestly I have not heard of infrared light helping with shingles pain. I do not find evidence of IR light being beneficial or harmful to cancer patients either, but theoretically it could go either way. I would probably not expose him to something that may be harmful. Shingles will improve with improvement after chemotherapy.

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