This is what Doxil does to my hands. They recover some during my time off. Sometimes there’s bleeding, and it usually hurts (but just when I bend my fingers). Someone recommended that I try New Skin Liquid Bandage, which I have. I must say, it’s smelly! Plus, when I paint it on, it [...]
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The 2007 US Womens Open is being played in Southern Pines this week. I don’t know anything about golf, and am not a sports fan. I believe that if you like a sport or activity, you should do it, rather than watching other people do it. I’m baffled by the attraction to [...]
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We moved this server to the new building today, so it was shut off for a few hours. Sorry for the inconvenience!
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I saw Dr. Orlowski yesterday, and his advice to me was not to put off the stem cell transplant any longer. I understand the reasons for this, but it’s difficult to overcome my fears. I planned on having the SCT when the current treatment (Velcade and Doxil) no longer worked for me, but [...]
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Dr. Hayman’s assistant called me today to answer my questions about the bone marrow biopsy. The results from the FISH sounded scary to me, but she let me know that I had normal karyotypes in the cytogentics and that’s what was more important. She said that it had no effect on my treatment plans. [...]
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Here’s a response from Dr. Fonseca regarding the paragraph from my BMB report below. I sure do feel better now.
There is little information regarding the tetraploidy as prognostic marker. The fact that you have avoided SCT for 4 years already is in it of itself a very good prognostic sign
Thank you,
Rafael [...]
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I just got the full report from a bone marrow biopsy that was done last month at Mayo. There’s a new thing I’ve never seen before, so I’d like to know what your experiences are with this. Here’s the paragraph I’m concerned about:
INTERPRETATIONS
The result is abnormal and indicates a plasma cell clone with [...]
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