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Minor scare

Posted on Thu, 28 Mar 2013 by Jet Black

For the past couple of weeks, I have been feeling unbelievably tired, constantly, from when I wake up, throughout the day, until I go to bed at night. Additionally, my myeloma middle-back pain seemed to be making its presence known … Continue reading →

Posted in * Myeloma | Tagged anxiety, appetite loss, back pain, blood test, blood test results, fatigue, kappa light chain, lambda light chain, light chains, list for living, pain killers, remission, serum-free light chain, treatment | 28 Comments

Nothing to worry about…

Posted on Mon, 4 Feb 2013 by Jet Black

That’s what he said… the bloke who called me from the hospital on Mon 31 Jan 2011… “This is the blood lab at the hospital. There’s nothing to worry about.” WHAAAAAT?????? I’d just had one of the weekly blood tests … Continue reading →

Posted in * Myeloma | Tagged anaemic, blood test, EPO, Erythropoietin, haemoglobin, Hypercalcaemia, multiple myeloma | 22 Comments

January 2013

Posted on Wed, 23 Jan 2013 by Jet Black

January 2013 marks eight months post-transplant, so time for an update… I’m well and truly over the virus I had over New Year… and the accompanying anxiety. My blood counts remain good. I don’t even look at the results now. The … Continue reading →

Posted in * Myeloma | Tagged Aciclovir, antidepressant, anxiety, blood test, cannula, cannulation, chemotherapy, chimerism, cryotherapy, dentist, depression, DLI, Donor Lymphocyte Infusion, fatigue, Fluoxetine, genital warts, Graft versus Host Disease, GUM, GvHD, immune system, insomnia, kidneys, Leukaemia, lymphocytes, Nottingham City Hospital, ONJ, oral GvHD, osteonecrosis of the jaw, Penicillin, Prozac, serum-free light chain, skin rash, stem cell transplant, teeth, transplant, Zoledronate, Zometa | 18 Comments

Six months on

Posted on Mon, 26 Nov 2012 by Jet Black

16 November marked six months post-transplant, so time for a quick update. And it’s mostly good news… The frequency of my clinic appointments is going down, as is the number of drugs I’m now taking. When I first came out … Continue reading →

Posted in * Myeloma | Tagged Aciclovir, allogeneic stem cell transplant, blood test, Budesonide, Ciclosporin, CMV, Difflam, Elugel, FBC, Fluoxetine, genital warts, GvHD, kidneys, Nystatin, oral thrush, Penicillin, Pentamidine, Prednisolone, Prozac, serum-free light chain, sore mouth, Tacrolimus, transplant, U&E | 5 Comments

Glimmers of hope

Posted on Thu, 19 Jan 2012 by Jet Black

Another consultant appointment on Monday, this one with Dr Cathy Williams, just because I can choose and I haven’t seen her for a while. It’s nice that we can choose who we see – a bit of patient control. In … Continue reading →

Posted in * Myeloma | Tagged blood count, blood test, Revlimid | 3 Comments

Blood results graphs

Posted on Sat, 22 Oct 2011 by Jet Black

When I went to clinic on 5 September, they gave me a copy of these graphs which show my blood results over the past six months. The green band is the normal range in each graph. If you click on … Continue reading →

Posted in * Myeloma | Tagged blood count, blood test, chemotherapy, fatigue, immune system, stem cell transplant | 3 Comments

Long time no write…

Posted on Tue, 18 Oct 2011 by Jet Black

The days go by and turn into weeks and somehow I’ve not been motivated to write. It’s been hard to gather my thoughts and know what I want to say. Even harder to stay focused on one set of thoughts … Continue reading →

Posted in * Myeloma | Tagged 24-hour urine sample, blood test, chemotherapy, confidence, cycling, drugs, fatigue, Haematology, hair, Hickman line, light chains, Revlimid, side effects, stem cell transplant, T'ai Chi, Zometa | 5 Comments

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