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Tag Archives: life expectancy
Four years on
As you’ll be aware if you’re a regular reader, there hasn’t been much ‘regular’ reading going on here for some time. But, today is the four year anniversary of my myeloma diagnosis, so it warrants acknowledgement at the very least. … Continue reading →
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Tagged anniversary, blog, blogging, Cancer, death, death rates, Deborah Bone, diagnosis, Dial M for Myeloma, Disco 2000, dying, ECP, extra-corporeal photopheresis, eyes, family, flight, flying, Graft versus Host Disease, gut, GvHD, incurable, life expectancy, lungs, mortality, mouth, myeloma, Myeloma Survival, Prednisolone, Pulp, scleroderma, steroids, travel insurance, USA, vagina, Welcome to the Parallel Universe
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Four months along – update
On Sunday 4 December, it was exactly 4 months after the transplant of my stem cells and I’ve not written anything for a month, so it’s time for an update. You may recall I am on the Myeloma XI trial and … Continue reading →
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Tagged bone marrow biopsy, clinical trial, death, dying, kappa:lambda ratio, life expectancy, maintenance, Myeloma XI trial, post-transplant, relapse, remission, Revlimid, Zometa
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