I got the results of my labs from last week. My IgA is at 2116 mg/dL (approx 1300 in October and 1500 in November) and my m-spike is 1.9 g/dL. I had this fantasy that my MM would be stable and I could delay treatment further.
Susan is having her SCT now. She [...]
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I can’t believe it. Another year is almost over.
I haven’t written much in the last several days. A lot’s been going on, but I haven’t had time to write. And, my typing finger is sore from work.
I had an appointment with Don Gabriel, a transplant doc at UNC. He’s [...]
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That’s what Peter Boyle’s character, Frank Barone, used to say on “Everybody Loves Raymond,” a CBS sitcom which had its last season last year. Peter Boyle, who suffered from myeloma, died on December 13th in New York City. His family has asked that donations be made in his memory to the International Myeloma [...]
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I meant to post this earlier. When I had the Cytoxan back in October, I was worried about the possibility of nause and vomting, so I asked for lots of meds to help prevent it. It was 100% effective. The worst side effect I felt was reflux that night.
Ondansetron (Zofran) - 8 [...]
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About a year ago, I got certified to teach the Basics of Selling on eBay, but I only held a few workshops. I was on high dose steroids and Revlimid, and I just didn’t feel like doing much. Before I go back on some kind of treatment again, and then onto SCT, I [...]
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My latest skeletal survey was done on October 4th, and I just read the report yesterday. The radiologist reported observing wedging from apparent compression fractures at T12 and L1. This wasn’t something I had seen in the surveys done in years past. It may be a new thing.
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