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Dexamethasone
Drug or Chemo Therapy
Dex is a friend. I take a weekly dose timed to the velcade injection and have 2+ really good days from it. I get things done and f...
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Bortezomib injection (Velcade)
Drug or Chemo Therapy
Injection site reactions are interesting to watch. Never the same in shape but always react by day 3 with an upraised sunburned lik...
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Lenalidomide (Revlimid)
Drug or Chemo Therapy
I was advised to take at night and that is very good advice. it puts me to sleep in about 15 minutes. Some minor side effects, but...
0 CommentsEasy to Do: Agree Minimal Side Effects: Neutral/NA Minimal Impact to Daily Life: Agree -
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Cancer is back/Recurred
Oh No
0 CommentsMultiple Myeloma came back after STC in spinal fluid despite blood numbers showing still in remission
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Got the flu in Nov.2017
Oh No
0 CommentsHad no treatment for about 3 months, MM came back. I got a pleural effusion in L lung that had to be drained. It resolved very quick...
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Chemotherapy
Drug or Chemo Therapy
I was started on Kyprolis/Cytoxin/Dex. This was very harsh for me. It caused some cardiovascular side effects that are resolving sin...
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Fell on ice hidden under snow & broke leg.
Loss
0 CommentsHad to stop treatment for about 3 months, MM came back.
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Dara/rev/dex
Drug or Chemo Therapy
The Daratumumab was the easiest treatment I did.
0 CommentsEasy to Do: Agree Minimal Side Effects: Agree Minimal Impact to Daily Life: Agree -
Remission
Celebration
0 CommentsOnly lasted about 19 months but in that time there was no detectable MM in my system.
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Flu-like symptoms (fever, chills, sweats)
Side Effects
0 CommentsExtreme fatigue. Eventually went away.
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Started on Rev/Velcade injections/Dex twice a week. then had SCT.
Clinical Trial
0 CommentsThe initial treatment wasn't too bad. The SCT had me so sick there were days I wished someone would just shoot me.