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Anyone with MGUS, do you have joint pain?
Blood Cancers & Disorders | Last Active: Oct 23 8:21am | Replies (39)Comment receiving replies
@dede7
Vent away! Sometimes we just need to let it all out.
As I age, I am well aware of the ways that my body is betraying my somewhat youthful spirit. I hate it that I can’t seem to hold onto details such as names. I have entire conversations with people, hoping that they will toss me a memory bone and remind me who the heck they are. The cognitive decline is slow but insidious.
For those of us who carry more than one health burden it is hard to know which symptom is attributable to what disease, but unless aging is reversible, venting is a reasonable way to address it…as long as I can remember to whom I am venting.
Hugs.
Do you have a good support system to whom you can vent regularly?
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I will start out telling you I am 93 and was diagnosed approximately 1 year ago with MCUS. I went with the testing etc. and then on my last visit I asked the Doctor why we were doing all this. He explained it was necessary to keep a check on this problem and maybe we could cut down the follow-up to once a year. I asked him why this was necessary since neither he or I could guarantee I would be here next year. He said I was right, and if I suddenly did not feel good, contact him for an appointment. That is what I am planning on doing. When you get to be my age, the number of new problems becomes terrifying, unless you decide that as long as you are standing, and you have no pain, forget about them and go on and have the best life you can.
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