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Is there anything to help stop or slow progression of MGUS?

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Lori and Ginger, I am hoping you have some insights after reading your very helpful thread on Second Opinions. Any thoughts on how I can find out what the standards are (IGM numbers) when it comes to when bone biopsies and full body scans become necessary? I would like to see if I can get a second opinion but is it going to offend my Hematologist?

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Lori, Volunteer Mentor | @loribmt | 2 hours ago

Hi @1oldsoul, I read through a few of your earlier posts just so I could get a better understanding. You were diagnosed with MGUS a couple of years ago and your doctor suggested just to watch and wait. Which is very standard practice. For some patients, they never progress beyond the surveillance stage.
It looks as though followup blood results are showing a small upward trend in some of your numbers. It seems like our doctor is being thorough and recommending a few more tests run to see if there are any changes in your bone marrow and its ability to produce healthy blood cells. This would be helpful if there has been any possible progression to MM and as a baseline for future results for comparison.
What is your hesitation with having the tests run?

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