Posted on November 30th, 2004 by Beth
I had my monthly appointment and labs about 2 weeks ago, and am still stable. I would love to see a complete remission, but being stable is good enough (considering the alternatives). My IgA is at 1183 mg/dL, and that’s exactly what it was last month.
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Posted on November 21st, 2004 by Beth
I have a 2000 Chevy S10 for sale. See it here: http://home.pinehurst.net/chevy/
I signed on this thing for my brother, then he quit his job and left town! I have to get rid of it!
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Posted on November 21st, 2004 by Beth
There’s a condition called peripheral neuropathy that I have as a result of one of the treatments I’ve had. For about 10 months, I took a drug called Thalomid, and it caused nerve damage in my feet and hands. Just recently, my doctor told me to cut out my B-6 supplementation. I have done that, [...]
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Posted on November 21st, 2004 by Beth
I stayed up too late last night (until at least 3:30 am), so I slept until noon. The day flew by after that. I did some grocery shopping, went to my office and got a monitor to replace one that was broken at mom’s house (family business, so I’m not stealing from my employer - [...]
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Posted on November 20th, 2004 by Beth
I had my 4 week appointment with Dr. O. at UNC Chapel Hill. My labs were pretty good, excluding the cancer. My IgA, which I feared would rise, seems to have levelled off, thank goodness! It was the same as last month: 1183 mg/dL. You can see the full report [...]
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Posted on November 5th, 2004 by Beth
My blog has been getting spammed every day. The junk messages don’t appear on the site, but they come to me via email, since I have the blog configured to wait for my approval before posting comments. Thanks to those spamming losers, I have shut off comments to all but registered users. [...]
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Posted on November 5th, 2004 by Beth
I had read someplace that the protein needs of people with cancer are higher than that of the general population. I also saw on one of my Dana-Farber handouts that people on steroids need more protein. I fit into both categories. When I first learned I had MM, I became a vegetarian. [...]
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